diff --git a/abuild b/abuild
index 579f2223dc39d3bf8d1a45a8ccf2e4b78725d336..0fb2d136304ca8b71e01fc624036a2f00a117fd6 100755
--- a/abuild
+++ b/abuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SRCDEST=${SRCDEST:-$startdir}
 PKGDEST=${PKGDEST:-$startdir}
 BUILD_BASE="binutils gcc make patch uclibc-dev"
 
-default_cmds="sanitycheck builddeps clean fetch md5check unpack rootpkg"
+default_cmds="sanitycheck builddeps clean fetch unpack rootpkg"
 
 set_xterm_title() {
 	if [ "$TERM" = xterm ]; then