diff --git a/db-functions b/db-functions
index 8b71cae..653f130 100644
--- a/db-functions
+++ b/db-functions
@@ -442,34 +442,24 @@ set_repo_permission() {
 	fi
 }
 
-arch_repo_add() {
-	local repo=$1
-	local arch=$2
-	local pkgs=(${@:3})
-
-	# package files might be relative to repo dir
-	pushd "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}" >/dev/null
-	/usr/bin/repo-add -q "${repo}${DBEXT}" ${pkgs[@]} \
-		|| error "repo-add ${repo}${DBEXT} ${pkgs[@]}"
-	popd >/dev/null
-	set_repo_permission "${repo}" "${arch}"
-
-	REPO_MODIFIED=1
-}
-
-arch_repo_remove() {
-	local repo=$1
-	local arch=$2
-	local pkgs=(${@:3})
+arch_repo_modify() {
+	local action=$1
+	local repo=$2
+	local arch=$3
+	local pkgs=("${@:4}")
 	local dbfile="${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}/${repo}${DBEXT}"
 
-	if [[ ! -f ${dbfile} ]]; then
+	if [[ ${action} = remove && ! -f ${dbfile} ]]; then
 		error "No database found at '%s'" "$dbfile"
 		return 1
 	fi
-	/usr/bin/repo-remove -q "${dbfile}" ${pkgs[@]} \
-		|| error "repo-remove ${dbfile} ${pkgs[@]}"
+
+	# package files for repo-add might be relative to repo dir
+	pushd "${dbfile%/*}" >/dev/null
+	/usr/bin/repo-${action} -q "${dbfile}" ${pkgs[@]} \
+		|| error "repo-${action} ${dbfile} ${pkgs[@]}"
 	set_repo_permission "${repo}" "${arch}"
+	popd >/dev/null
 
 	REPO_MODIFIED=1
 }
diff --git a/db-move b/db-move
index fb7ebac..e9c9fa7 100755
--- a/db-move
+++ b/db-move
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ done
 
 for tarch in ${ARCHES[@]}; do
 	if [[ -n ${add_pkgs[${tarch}]} ]]; then
-		arch_repo_add "${repo_to}" "${tarch}" ${add_pkgs[${tarch}]}
-		arch_repo_remove "${repo_from}" "${tarch}" ${remove_pkgs[${tarch}]}
+		arch_repo_modify add "${repo_to}" "${tarch}" ${add_pkgs[${tarch}]}
+		arch_repo_modify remove "${repo_from}" "${tarch}" ${remove_pkgs[${tarch}]}
 	fi
 done
 
diff --git a/db-remove b/db-remove
index 70502bc..08a95f9 100755
--- a/db-remove
+++ b/db-remove
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ for pkgbase in ${pkgbases[@]}; do
 done
 
 for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
-	arch_repo_remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${remove_pkgs[@]}
+	arch_repo_modify remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${remove_pkgs[@]}
 	repo_unlock $repo $tarch
 done
diff --git a/db-repo-add b/db-repo-add
index d7be302..4b16f7e 100755
--- a/db-repo-add
+++ b/db-repo-add
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
 			msg "Adding %s to [%s]..." "$pkgfile" "$repo"
 		fi
 	done
-	arch_repo_add "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${pkgfiles[@]}
+	arch_repo_modify add "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${pkgfiles[@]}
 	repo_unlock $repo $tarch
 done
diff --git a/db-repo-remove b/db-repo-remove
index 32d167e..3077786 100755
--- a/db-repo-remove
+++ b/db-repo-remove
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
 	for pkgname in ${pkgnames[@]}; do
 		msg "Removing %s from [%s]..." "$pkgname" "$repo"
 	done
-	arch_repo_remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${pkgnames[@]}
+	arch_repo_modify remove "${repo}" "${tarch}" ${pkgnames[@]}
 	repo_unlock $repo $tarch
 done
diff --git a/db-update b/db-update
index 4e17184..e8ae08d 100755
--- a/db-update
+++ b/db-update
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ for repo in ${repos[@]}; do
 			add_pkgs+=("${pkgfile}")
 		done
 		if (( ${#add_pkgs[@]} >= 1 )); then
-			arch_repo_add "${repo}" "${pkgarch}" ${add_pkgs[@]}
+			arch_repo_modify add "${repo}" "${pkgarch}" ${add_pkgs[@]}
 		fi
 	done
 done