diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b75a836..6e9f65b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ LIBS_BASE = \
 
 SHARED_BASE = \
 	data/pacman-default.conf \
-	data/pacman-multilib.conf \
-	data/pacman-mirrors.conf
+	data/pacman-multilib.conf
 
 LIST_PKG = \
 	$(wildcard data/pkg.list.d/*.list)
diff --git a/bin/basestrap.in b/bin/basestrap.in
index 8fe5dfb..dc65bec 100644
--- a/bin/basestrap.in
+++ b/bin/basestrap.in
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ usage() {
 
 orig_argv=("$0" "$@")
 
-opts=':C:S:B:U:cdGiM'
+opts=':C:B:U:cdGiM'
 
 while getopts ${opts} arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         C) pacman_config=$OPTARG ;;
-        S) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
+#         S) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
         d) directory=true ;;
         c) hostcache=true ;;
         i) interactive=true ;;
@@ -98,20 +98,21 @@ printf '%s.UTF-8 UTF-8\n' en_US > "$working_dir/etc/locale.gen"
 printf 'LANG=%s.UTF-8\n' en_US > "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf"
 printf 'LC_MESSAGES=C\n' >> "$working_dir/etc/locale.conf"
 
-pm_args=(-a -R -p "$newroot" -S "${branch}")
+pm_args=(-a -p "$newroot" -S "${branch}")
 
-[[ -n ${mirror} ]] && pm_args+=(-n -U "${mirror}")
+[[ -n ${mirror} ]] && pm_args+=(-U "${mirror}")
 
-info "pm_args: %s" "${pm_args[*]}"
 # create obligatory directories
 create_min_fs "$newroot"
 
-if [[ -n $mirrors_conf ]]; then
-    cp ${mirrors_conf} "$newroot/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf"
-fi
-
-info "Configuring pacman-mirrors: %s" "${branch}"
-pacman-mirrors "${pm_args[@]}"
+# if [[ -n $mirrors_conf ]]; then
+#     if [[ ! -e $newroot/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf ]]; then
+        prepare_pac_mirrors "$newroot"
+        info "Configuring pacman-mirrors: %s" "${branch}"
+        pacman-mirrors "${pm_args[@]}"
+#     fi
+#     rm $newroot/usr/share/pacman-mirrors/mirrors.json
+# fi
 
 # mount API filesystems
 chroot_api_mount "$newroot" || die "failed to setup API filesystems in new root"
diff --git a/bin/buildiso.in b/bin/buildiso.in
index 9c46077..8f4cd35 100755
--- a/bin/buildiso.in
+++ b/bin/buildiso.in
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ prepare_build(){
         pacman_conf="${DATADIR}/pacman-$pac_arch.conf"
     fi
 
-    local mirrors_conf=${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf
+#     local mirrors_conf=${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf
 
     iso_file=$(gen_iso_fn).iso
 
-    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
+    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
     work_dir=${chroots_iso}/${profile}/${target_arch}
 
     iso_dir="${cache_dir_iso}/${edition}/${profile}/${dist_release}"
diff --git a/bin/buildpkg.in b/bin/buildpkg.in
index 2f400d4..d4f01bb 100644
--- a/bin/buildpkg.in
+++ b/bin/buildpkg.in
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ prepare_build(){
 
     [[ "$pac_arch" == 'multilib' ]] && target_arch='x86_64'
 
-    local mirrors_conf=${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf
+#     local mirrors_conf=${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf
 
-    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -M ${makepkg_conf} -S ${mirrors_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
+    mkchroot_args+=(-C ${pacman_conf} -M ${makepkg_conf} -U "${build_mirror}/" -B "${target_branch}")
 
     mkchrootpkg_args+=(-r ${work_dir})
 
diff --git a/bin/mkchroot.in b/bin/mkchroot.in
index cfebcac..6303924 100644
--- a/bin/mkchroot.in
+++ b/bin/mkchroot.in
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ usage() {
 
 orig_argv=("$0" "$@")
 
-opts='hC:M:S:U:B:c:f:s'
+opts='hC:M:U:B:c:f:s'
 
 while getopts ${opts} arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         C) pac_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
         M) makepkg_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
-        S) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
+#         S) mirrors_conf="$OPTARG" ;;
         c) cache_dir="$OPTARG" ;;
         f) files+=("$OPTARG") ;;
         s) nosetarch=true ;;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ for file in "${files[@]}"; do
     cp "$file" "$working_dir$file"
 done
 
-basestrap_args=(-GMcd ${pac_conf:+-C "$pac_conf"} -B "${branch}" -S "$mirrors_conf")
+basestrap_args=(-GMcd ${pac_conf:+-C "$pac_conf"} -B "${branch}")
 
 [[ -n ${mirror} ]] && basestrap_args+=(-U "${mirror}")
 
diff --git a/data/pacman-mirrors.conf b/data/pacman-mirrors.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1de3c1b..0000000
--- a/data/pacman-mirrors.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-##
-## /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
-##
-
-## Branch Pacman should use (stable, testing, unstable)
-Branch = stable
-
-## Generation method
-## 1) rank   - rank mirrors depending on their access time
-## 2) random - randomly generate the output mirrorlist
-# Method = rank
-
-## Define protocols and priority
-##   separated by comma 'https,http' or 'http,https'
-## ATM available protocols are: http, https, ftp
-## Not specifying a protocol will ban the protocol from being used
-## If a mirror has more than one protocol defined only the first is written to the mirrorlist
-## Empty means all in reversed alphabetic order
-# Protocols =
-
-## Specify to use only mirrors from a specific country.
-## Can add multiple countries
-##   separated by comma 'Germany,France,Belgium'
-## Get a list of all available counties with 'pacman-mirrors -l'
-## Empty means all
-# OnlyCountry =
-
-## Mirrors directory
-# MirrorlistsDir = /var/lib/pacman-mirrors
-
-## Output file
-# OutputMirrorlist = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
-
-## When set to False - all certificates are accepted.
-## Use only if you fully trust all ssl-enabled mirrors.
-# SSLVerify = True
diff --git a/lib/util-chroot.sh b/lib/util-chroot.sh
index f2d6452..881ff0c 100644
--- a/lib/util-chroot.sh
+++ b/lib/util-chroot.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@ copy_keyring(){
     fi
 }
 
+prepare_pac_mirrors(){
+    mkdir -m 0755 -p $1/etc/pacman.d $1/var/lib/pacman-mirrors $1/usr/share/pacman-mirrors
+#     curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manjaro/pacman-mirrors/master/share/mirrors.json -o $1/usr/share/pacman-mirrors/mirrors.json
+    #curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manjaro/pacman-mirrors/master/conf/pacman-mirrors.conf -o $1/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
+#     cp ${DATADIR}/pacman-mirrors.conf $1/etc
+}
+
 create_min_fs(){
     msg "Creating install root at %s" "$1"
-    mkdir -m 0755 -p $1/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/{pacman,log,pacman-mirrors}} $1/{dev,run,etc/pacman.d}
+    mkdir -m 0755 -p $1/var/{cache/pacman/pkg,lib/pacman,log} $1/{dev,run,etc}
     mkdir -m 1777 -p $1/tmp
     mkdir -m 0555 -p $1/{sys,proc}
 }