diff --git a/community/py-configobj/APKBUILD b/community/py-configobj/APKBUILD
index 6456a55520f..5b0f264998c 100644
--- a/community/py-configobj/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py-configobj/APKBUILD
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ _mercurial_url="https://code.google.com/p/configobj/"
 
 _builddir="$srcdir"/$_realname-$pkgver
 
-snapshot() {
-	mkdir -p "$srcdir"
-	cd "${SRCDEST:-$srcdir}"
-	if ! [ -d $_realname ]; then
-		hg clone $_mercurial_url || return 1
-		cd $_realname
-		_mercurial_revision=$(cd ${SRCDEST:-$srcdir}/$_realname && hg tip | grep changeset | egrep -o '[0-9]+:' | tr -d ":")
-		_mercurial_commit=$(hg identify ${SRCDEST:-$srcdir}/$_realname | awk '{ print $1 }')
-	else
-		cd $_realname
-		hg pull
-		_mercurial_revision=$(cd ${SRCDEST:-$srcdir}/$_realname && hg tip | grep changeset | egrep -o '[0-9]+:' | tr -d ":")
-		_mercurial_commit=$(hg identify ${SRCDEST:-$srcdir}/$_realname | awk '{ print $1 }')
-	fi
-
-	hg archive --prefix=$_realname/ "$SRCDEST"/${_realname}-${_ver}${_mercurial_revision}.tar.gz
-	scp "$SRCDEST"/${_realname}-${_ver}${_mercurial_revision}.tar.gz dev.alpinelinux.org:/archive/$_realname/
-}
-
 prepare() {
 	cd "$_builddir"
 	return 0