diff --git a/package/base/mine/x-feature-check.patch b/package/base/mine/x-feature-check.patch
index b6769af4f..fb2f7512a 100644
--- a/package/base/mine/x-feature-check.patch
+++ b/package/base/mine/x-feature-check.patch
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for a common package check interface.
 +#include "mine.h"
 +#include "md5sum.h"
 +
-+extern int check_initialized = 0;
++
 +
 +int gem_check(char * root, char * package)
 +{
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ for a common package check interface.
 +	int modified = 0;
 +	FILE *f;
 +
-+	if ( ! check_initialized ) {
-+		md5sum_initdb(root, 0 /* verbose */);
-+		check_initialized = 1;
-+	}
++
++	md5sum_initdb(root, 0 /* verbose */);
++
++
 +
 +	snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s/var/adm/flists/%s", root, package);
 +	f = fopen(buffer, "r");