diff --git a/pkg.c b/pkg.c
index bf4409e..dbe2f96 100644
--- a/pkg.c
+++ b/pkg.c
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ pkg_verify_graph(pkg_t *root, int depth, unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 static inline void
-pkg_walk_list(pkg_t *parent,
-	pkg_dependency_t *deplist,
+pkg_walk_list(pkg_dependency_t *deplist,
 	void (*pkg_traverse_func)(pkg_t *package, void *data),
 	void *data,
 	int maxdepth,
@@ -346,10 +345,10 @@ pkg_traverse(pkg_t *root,
 	if (maxdepth == 0)
 		return;
 
-	pkg_walk_list(root, root->requires, pkg_traverse_func, data, maxdepth - 1, flags);
+	pkg_walk_list(root->requires, pkg_traverse_func, data, maxdepth - 1, flags);
 
 	if (flags & PKGF_SEARCH_PRIVATE)
-		pkg_walk_list(root, root->requires_private, pkg_traverse_func, data, maxdepth - 1, flags);
+		pkg_walk_list(root->requires_private, pkg_traverse_func, data, maxdepth - 1, flags);
 
 	if (pkg_traverse_func != NULL)
 		pkg_traverse_func(root, data);