diff --git a/chocpkg/chocpkg b/chocpkg/chocpkg
index c50de1b..534b2d4 100755
--- a/chocpkg/chocpkg
+++ b/chocpkg/chocpkg
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ configure_for_package() {
             # necessarily native as well.
             DEPENDENCIES=$(dependencies_for_native)
             ;;
-        package-group)
-            ;;
         *)
             error_exit "Unknown package type $PACKAGE_TYPE"
             ;;
diff --git a/chocpkg/modules/package_group.sh b/chocpkg/modules/package_group.sh
index b880622..396b048 100644
--- a/chocpkg/modules/package_group.sh
+++ b/chocpkg/modules/package_group.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 
 package_group::init() {
-    PACKAGE_TYPE=package-group
     dependencies "$@"
 }