diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0fbb971..96d4d4f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ bool removePkg(alpm_list_t *pkgNames) {
         try {
             auto pkg = std::find(pkgs.begin(), pkgs.end(), includedPkgs[i]);
 
-            if (pkgs.begin() >= pkg || pkg >= pkgs.end())
+            if (pkg >= pkgs.end())
                 continue;
 
             size_t pkgIndex = std::distance(pkgs.begin(), pkg);
diff --git a/src/taur.cpp b/src/taur.cpp
index f8a1d6e..e6564dd 100644
--- a/src/taur.cpp
+++ b/src/taur.cpp
@@ -493,8 +493,6 @@ bool TaurBackend::update_all_aur_pkgs(path cacheDir, bool useGit) {
         goto text;
     }
 
-    // remove the last ' ' so we can pass it to pacman
-    pkgs_to_install.erase(pkgs_to_install.end() - 1);
     if (!pacman_exec("-U", split(pkgs_to_install, ' '), false)) {
         log_println(ERROR, _("Failed to install/upgrade packages"));
         return false;