diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-dnf-json-tests/main.go b/cmd/osbuild-dnf-json-tests/main.go
index 38261a12d..4c56b1845 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-dnf-json-tests/main.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-dnf-json-tests/main.go
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ func TestFetchChecksum(quiet bool, dir string) {
 	if !quiet {
 		log.Println("Running TestFetchChecksum on:", dir)
 	}
-	c, err := repoCfg.FetchChecksum()
+	rpmMetadata := rpmmd.NewRPMMD()
+	_, c, err := rpmMetadata.FetchMetadata([]rpmmd.RepoConfig{repoCfg}, "platform:f31")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic("Failed to fetch checksum:", err)
 	}
-	if c == "" {
+	if c["repo"] == "" {
 		log.Panic("The checksum is empty")
 	}
 	if !quiet {
diff --git a/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go b/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
index 3bc8fe40e..fabbe7fda 100644
--- a/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
+++ b/internal/mocks/rpmmd/rpmmd_mock.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func NewRPMMDMock(fixture Fixture) rpmmd.RPMMD {
 	return &rpmmdMock{Fixture: fixture}
 }
 
-func (r *rpmmdMock) FetchPackageList(repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (rpmmd.PackageList, map[string]string, error) {
+func (r *rpmmdMock) FetchMetadata(repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (rpmmd.PackageList, map[string]string, error) {
 	return r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.ret, r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.checksums, r.Fixture.fetchPackageList.err
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
index 2c594b5d0..9175438a0 100644
--- a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
+++ b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ type PackageInfo struct {
 }
 
 type RPMMD interface {
-	FetchPackageList(repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (PackageList, map[string]string, error)
+	// FetchMetadata returns all metadata about the repositories we use in the code. Specifically it is a
+	// list of packages and dictionary of checksums of the repositories.
+	FetchMetadata(repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (PackageList, map[string]string, error)
+
+	// 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)
 }
 
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ func NewRPMMD() RPMMD {
 	return &rpmmdImpl{}
 }
 
-func (*rpmmdImpl) FetchPackageList(repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (PackageList, map[string]string, error) {
+func (*rpmmdImpl) FetchMetadata(repos []RepoConfig, modulePlatformID string) (PackageList, map[string]string, error) {
 	var arguments = struct {
 		Repos            []RepoConfig `json:"repos"`
 		ModulePlatformID string       `json:"module_platform_id"`
@@ -295,27 +301,3 @@ func (pkg *PackageInfo) FillDependencies(rpmmd RPMMD, repos []RepoConfig, module
 	pkg.Dependencies, _, err = rpmmd.Depsolve([]string{pkg.Name}, nil, repos, modulePlatformID, false)
 	return
 }
-
-// FetchChecksum returns a repository checksum for given repo config
-func (rc *RepoConfig) FetchChecksum() (string, error) {
-	command := "dump"
-	arguments := struct {
-		Repos []RepoConfig `json:"repos"`
-	}{
-		Repos: []RepoConfig{*rc},
-	}
-	output := struct {
-		Checksums map[string]string `json:"checksums"`
-		Packages  []Package         `json:"packages"`
-	}{}
-	err := runDNF(command, arguments, &output)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	checksum, exists := output.Checksums[rc.Id]
-	if !exists {
-		// This should never happen unless there is a bug in dnf-json
-		return "", &RepositoryError{"fatal error, dnf-json did not return required checksum"}
-	}
-	return checksum, nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
index 6b8e0c90d..5f5338628 100644
--- a/internal/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -600,13 +600,10 @@ func (s *Store) PushComposeRequest(request common.ComposeRequest) error {
 	}
 
 	// map( repo-id => checksum )
-	checksums := make(map[string]string)
-	for _, repo := range request.Repositories {
-		checksum, err := repo.FetchChecksum()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		checksums[repo.Id] = checksum
+	rpmMetadata := rpmmd.NewRPMMD()
+	_, checksums, err := rpmMetadata.FetchMetadata(request.Repositories, distroStruct.ModulePlatformID())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	for imageBuildID, imageRequest := range request.RequestedImages {
diff --git a/internal/weldr/api.go b/internal/weldr/api.go
index 1b1c82a21..47c40a1f9 100644
--- a/internal/weldr/api.go
+++ b/internal/weldr/api.go
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ func (api *API) fetchPackageList() (rpmmd.PackageList, error) {
 		repos = append(repos, source.RepoConfig())
 	}
 
-	packages, _, err := api.rpmmd.FetchPackageList(repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID())
+	packages, _, err := api.rpmmd.FetchMetadata(repos, api.distro.ModulePlatformID())
 	return packages, err
 }