diff --git a/support/scripts/pkg-stats b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
index 05f0cd9e4a..7835cb3d62 100755
--- a/support/scripts/pkg-stats
+++ b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 import json
 import sys
-import time
-import gzip
-import xml.etree.ElementTree
-import requests
 
 brpath = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", ".."))
 
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ from getdeveloperlib import parse_developers  # noqa: E402
 
 INFRA_RE = re.compile(r"\$\(eval \$\(([a-z-]*)-package\)\)")
 URL_RE = re.compile(r"\s*https?://\S*\s*$")
-CPEDB_URL = "https://static.nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cpe/dictionary/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.3.xml.gz"
 
 RM_API_STATUS_ERROR = 1
 RM_API_STATUS_FOUND_BY_DISTRO = 2
@@ -282,8 +277,7 @@ class Package:
 
         if var in self.all_cpeids:
             self.cpeid = self.all_cpeids[var]
-            # Set a preliminary status, it might be overridden by check_package_cpes()
-            self.status['cpe'] = ("warning", "not checked against CPE dictionary")
+            self.status['cpe'] = ("ok", "(not checked against CPE dictionary)")
         else:
             self.status['cpe'] = ("error", "no verified CPE identifier")
 
@@ -674,47 +668,6 @@ def check_package_cves(nvd_path, packages):
                 pkg.status['cve'] = ("ok", "not affected by CVEs")
 
 
-def check_package_cpes(nvd_path, packages):
-    class CpeXmlParser:
-        cpes = []
-
-        def start(self, tag, attrib):
-            if tag == "{http://scap.nist.gov/schema/cpe-extension/2.3}cpe23-item":
-                self.cpes.append(attrib['name'])
-
-        def close(self):
-            return self.cpes
-
-    print("CPE: Setting up NIST dictionary")
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(nvd_path, "cpe")):
-        os.makedirs(os.path.join(nvd_path, "cpe"))
-
-    cpe_dict_local = os.path.join(nvd_path, "cpe", os.path.basename(CPEDB_URL))
-    if not os.path.exists(cpe_dict_local) or os.stat(cpe_dict_local).st_mtime < time.time() - 86400:
-        print("CPE: Fetching xml manifest from [" + CPEDB_URL + "]")
-        cpe_dict = requests.get(CPEDB_URL)
-        open(cpe_dict_local, "wb").write(cpe_dict.content)
-
-    print("CPE: Unzipping xml manifest...")
-    nist_cpe_file = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=open(cpe_dict_local, 'rb'))
-
-    parser = xml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser(target=CpeXmlParser())
-    while True:
-        c = nist_cpe_file.read(1024*1024)
-        if not c:
-            break
-        parser.feed(c)
-    cpes = parser.close()
-
-    for p in packages:
-        if not p.cpeid:
-            continue
-        if p.cpeid in cpes:
-            p.status['cpe'] = ("ok", "verified CPE identifier")
-        else:
-            p.status['cpe'] = ("error", "CPE version unknown in CPE database")
-
-
 def calculate_stats(packages):
     stats = defaultdict(int)
     stats['packages'] = len(packages)
@@ -1309,7 +1262,7 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument('--nvd-path', dest='nvd_path',
                         help='Path to the local NVD database', type=resolvepath)
     parser.add_argument('--disable', type=list_str,
-                        help='Features to disable, comma-separated (cve, upstream, url, cpe, warning)',
+                        help='Features to disable, comma-separated (cve, upstream, url, warning)',
                         default=[])
     args = parser.parse_args()
     if not args.html and not args.json:
@@ -1372,9 +1325,6 @@ def __main__():
     if "cve" not in args.disable and args.nvd_path:
         print("Checking packages CVEs")
         check_package_cves(args.nvd_path, packages)
-    if "cpe" not in args.disable and args.nvd_path:
-        print("Checking packages CPEs")
-        check_package_cpes(args.nvd_path, packages)
     print("Calculate stats")
     stats = calculate_stats(packages)
     if args.html: