diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-pipeline/main.go b/cmd/osbuild-pipeline/main.go
index fbdf655d0..87904d9ae 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-pipeline/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-pipeline/main.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	rpmmd := rpmmd.NewRPMMD(path.Join(home, ".cache/osbuild-composer/rpmmd"))
-	packageSpecs, checksums, err := rpmmd.Depsolve(packages, exclude_pkgs, d.Repositories(archArg), d.ModulePlatformID(), false)
+	packageSpecs, checksums, err := rpmmd.Depsolve(packages, exclude_pkgs, d.Repositories(archArg), d.ModulePlatformID())
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("Could not depsolve: " + err.Error())
 	}
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("Could not get build packages: " + err.Error())
 	}
-	buildPackageSpecs, _, err := rpmmd.Depsolve(buildPkgs, nil, d.Repositories(archArg), d.ModulePlatformID(), false)
+	buildPackageSpecs, _, err := rpmmd.Depsolve(buildPkgs, nil, d.Repositories(archArg), d.ModulePlatformID())
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("Could not depsolve build packages: " + err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/dnf-json b/dnf-json
index a2909659f..bc4da2faf 100755
--- a/dnf-json
+++ b/dnf-json
@@ -38,16 +38,13 @@ def dnfrepo(desc, parent_conf=None):
     return repo
 
 
-def create_base(repos, module_platform_id, persistdir, cachedir, clean=False):
+def create_base(repos, module_platform_id, persistdir, cachedir):
     base = dnf.Base()
     base.conf.module_platform_id = module_platform_id
     base.conf.config_file_path = "/dev/null"
     base.conf.persistdir = persistdir
     base.conf.cachedir = cachedir
 
-    if clean:
-        shutil.rmtree(base.conf.cachedir, ignore_errors=True)
-
     for repo in repos:
         base.repos.add(dnfrepo(repo, base.conf))
 
@@ -88,12 +85,11 @@ call = json.load(sys.stdin)
 command = call["command"]
 arguments = call["arguments"]
 repos = arguments.get("repos", {})
-clean = arguments.get("clean", False)
 cachedir = arguments["cachedir"]
 module_platform_id = arguments["module_platform_id"]
 
 with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as persistdir:
-    base = create_base(repos, module_platform_id, persistdir, cachedir, clean)
+    base = create_base(repos, module_platform_id, persistdir, cachedir)
 
     if command == "dump":
         packages = []
diff --git a/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go b/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
index fabbe7fda..35a7689ae 100644
--- a/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
+++ b/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ func (r *rpmmdMock) FetchMetadata(repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, modulePlatformID str
 	return r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.ret, r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.checksums, r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.err
 }
 
-func (r *rpmmdMock) Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string, clean bool) ([]rpmmd.PackageSpec, map[string]string, error) {
+func (r *rpmmdMock) Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) ([]rpmmd.PackageSpec, map[string]string, error) {
 	return r.Fixture.depsolve.ret, r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.checksums, r.Fixture.depsolve.err
 }
diff --git a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
index baff1b53c..46796dafb 100644
--- a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
+++ b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type RPMMD interface {
 	// Depsolve takes a list of required content (specs), explicitly unwanted content (excludeSpecs), list
 	// or repositories, and platform ID for modularity. It returns a list of all packages (with solved
 	// dependencies) that will be installed into the system.
-	Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string, clean bool) ([]PackageSpec, map[string]string, error)
+	Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) ([]PackageSpec, map[string]string, error)
 }
 
 type DNFError struct {
@@ -237,15 +237,14 @@ func (r *rpmmdImpl) FetchMetadata(repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (
 	return reply.Packages, reply.Checksums, err
 }
 
-func (r *rpmmdImpl) Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string, clean bool) ([]PackageSpec, map[string]string, error) {
+func (r *rpmmdImpl) Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs []string, repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) ([]PackageSpec, map[string]string, error) {
 	var arguments = struct {
 		PackageSpecs     []string     `json:"package-specs"`
 		ExcludSpecs      []string     `json:"exclude-specs"`
 		Repos            []RepoConfig `json:"repos"`
 		CacheDir         string       `json:"cachedir"`
 		ModulePlatformID string       `json:"module_platform_id"`
-		Clean            bool         `json:"clean,omitempty"`
-	}{specs, excludeSpecs, repos, r.CacheDir, modulePlatformID, clean}
+	}{specs, excludeSpecs, repos, r.CacheDir, modulePlatformID}
 	var reply struct {
 		Checksums    map[string]string `json:"checksums"`
 		Dependencies []PackageSpec     `json:"dependencies"`
@@ -307,6 +306,6 @@ func (packages PackageList) ToPackageInfos() []PackageInfo {
 }
 
 func (pkg *PackageInfo) FillDependencies(rpmmd RPMMD, repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (err error) {
-	pkg.Dependencies, _, err = rpmmd.Depsolve([]string{pkg.Name}, nil, repos, modulePlatformID, false)
+	pkg.Dependencies, _, err = rpmmd.Depsolve([]string{pkg.Name}, nil, repos, modulePlatformID)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index bfec7f8ff..0987417a7 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func (api *API) projectsDepsolveHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *htt
 
 	names := strings.Split(params.ByName("projects"), ",")
 
-	packages, _, err := api.rpmmd.Depsolve(names, nil, api.distro.Repositories(api.arch), api.distro.ModulePlatformID(), false)
+	packages, _, err := api.rpmmd.Depsolve(names, nil, api.distro.Repositories(api.arch), api.distro.ModulePlatformID())
 
 	if err != nil {
 		errors := responseError{
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ func (api *API) depsolveBlueprint(bp *blueprint.Blueprint, outputType, arch stri
 		excludeSpecs = append(excludePackages, excludeSpecs...)
 	}
 
-	packages, checksums, err := api.rpmmd.Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs, repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID(), clean)
+	packages, checksums, err := api.rpmmd.Depsolve(specs, excludeSpecs, repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ func (api *API) depsolveBlueprint(bp *blueprint.Blueprint, outputType, arch stri
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}
-		buildPackages, _, err = api.rpmmd.Depsolve(buildSpecs, nil, repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID(), false)
+		buildPackages, _, err = api.rpmmd.Depsolve(buildSpecs, nil, repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, nil, err
 		}