diff --git a/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_koji.py b/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_koji.py
index 237b6048..cb7ab137 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_koji.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_koji.py
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ def populate_global_pkgset(compose, koji_wrapper, path_prefix, event):
                 # tag - we do not have to merge in this case...
                 variant.pkgsets.add(compose_tag)
         # TODO pickle pkgset to disk
-        # TODO save pkgset file list
         # TODO save pkgset file cache
         pkgsets.append(
             MaterializedPackageSet.create(
diff --git a/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_repos.py b/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_repos.py
index f00f79d0..bca34f38 100644
--- a/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_repos.py
+++ b/pungi/phases/pkgset/sources/source_repos.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 
 import os
-from six.moves import cPickle as pickle
 
 from kobo.shortcuts import run
 
@@ -120,18 +119,12 @@ def get_pkgset_from_repos(compose):
 def populate_global_pkgset(compose, file_list, path_prefix):
     ALL_ARCHES = get_all_arches(compose)
 
-    global_pkgset_path = os.path.join(compose.paths.work.topdir(arch="global"), "packages.pickle")
-
     compose.log_info("Populating the global package set from a file list")
     pkgset = pungi.phases.pkgset.pkgsets.FilelistPackageSet(
         "repos", compose.conf["sigkeys"], logger=compose._logger, arches=ALL_ARCHES
     )
     pkgset.populate(file_list)
-    with open(global_pkgset_path, "wb") as f:
-        pickle.dump(pkgset, f, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
 
-    # write global package list
-    pkgset.save_file_list(compose.paths.work.package_list(arch="global"), remove_path_prefix=path_prefix)
     return pkgset