diff --git a/action/update.go b/action/update.go
index c989e37..5d56a51 100644
--- a/action/update.go
+++ b/action/update.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 	EnsureVendorDir()
 	conf := EnsureConfig()
 
-	installer.RootPackage = conf.Name
-
 	// Delete unused packages
 	if installer.DeleteUnused {
 		dependency.DeleteUnused(conf)
diff --git a/repo/installer.go b/repo/installer.go
index 06a3ff1..7ab1727 100644
--- a/repo/installer.go
+++ b/repo/installer.go
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
 	// DeleteUnused deletes packages that are unused, but found in the vendor dir.
 	DeleteUnused bool
 
-	// RootPackage is the top level package importing other packages. If an
-	// imported pacakgage references this pacakage it does not need to be
-	// downloaded and searched out again.
-	RootPackage string
-
 	// ResolveAllFiles enables a resolver that will examine the dependencies
 	// of every file of every package, rather than only following imported
 	// packages.
@@ -314,7 +309,6 @@
 	destination                                          string
 	home                                                 string
 	cache, cacheGopath, useGopath, force, updateVendored bool
-	RootPackage                                          string
 	Config                                               *cfg.Config
 	Use                                                  *importCache
 }
@@ -323,7 +317,7 @@
 	root := util.GetRootFromPackage(pkg)
 
 	// Skip any references to the root package.
-	if root == m.RootPackage {
+	if root == m.Config.Name {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
@@ -365,7 +359,7 @@
 	root := util.GetRootFromPackage(pkg)
 
 	// Skip any references to the root package.
-	if root == m.RootPackage {
+	if root == m.Config.Name {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
@@ -396,7 +390,7 @@
 	root := util.GetRootFromPackage(pkg)
 
 	// Skip any references to the root package.
-	if root == m.RootPackage {
+	if root == m.Config.Name {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -434,8 +428,7 @@
 	// Where the packages exist to set the version on.
 	Destination string
 
-	RootPackage string
-	Config      *cfg.Config
+	Config *cfg.Config
 
 	// There's a problem where many sub-packages have been asked to set a version
 	// and you can end up with numerous conflict messages that are exactly the
@@ -449,7 +442,7 @@
 	root := util.GetRootFromPackage(pkg)
 
 	// Skip any references to the root package.
-	if root == d.RootPackage {
+	if root == d.Config.Name {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -486,7 +479,7 @@
 	root := util.GetRootFromPackage(pkg)
 
 	// Skip any references to the root package.
-	if root == d.RootPackage {
+	if root == d.Config.Name {
 		return nil
 	}