diff --git a/scripts/prtcheckmissing b/scripts/prtcheckmissing
index 34d12e5..3686627 100755
--- a/scripts/prtcheckmissing
+++ b/scripts/prtcheckmissing
@@ -2,46 +2,26 @@
 #
 # $Id: prtcheckmissing,v 1.1 2003/10/27 15:26:50 opel Exp $
 #      prtcheckmissing,v 1.2 2022/05/31 18:41:19 jmq Exp $
-#      prtcheckmissing,v 1.3 2023/03/25 15:55:20 jmq Exp $
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-my @installed; my @regfiles; my @symlinks; my @missingReg; my @missingSym; 
 my @mask = parse_pkgadd_conf();
 
-open(PORTLIST,"-|","prt-get printf '%i:%p/%n\n'");
-while (<PORTLIST>) {
-	push(@installed,$1) if m/^yes:(.+)/;
-}
+open (my $dbh, "/var/lib/pkg/db") or die "Could not read package database!\n";
+local $/ = ""; # read files paragraph-wise; see ``perldoc perlvar''
 
-foreach (@installed) {
-	local $/ = ""; # read files paragraph-wise; see ``perldoc perlvar''
-	my $pf = "$_/.footprint";
-	my $pkg_name = (split /\//)[-1];
-	open (my $dbh, $pf)
-	  or die "Could not read $pf !\n";
-        while(<$dbh>) {
-		my @pkg_file = split /\n/;
-
-		# erase the annotations that appear in the footprint
-		foreach (@pkg_file) { s/ \(EMPTY\)//; s/ \([0-9]+, [0-9]+\)//; }
-
-		# extract the paths, ignoring fields for mode and uid/gid
-		@symlinks = map {(split /[\t ]/, $_)[2]} grep {m/ -> /} @pkg_file;
-		@regfiles = map {(split /\t/, $_)[2]} grep { !m/ -> / } @pkg_file;
+while(<$dbh>) {
+		my ($name, $version, @files) = split /\n/;
 
 		# apply the pkgadd rules to eliminate false positives
-		@missingSym = grep { (! -e "/$_") && wanted($_, @mask) } @symlinks;
-		@missingReg = grep { (! -e "/$_") && wanted($_, @mask) } @regfiles;
+		my @missing = grep { (! -e "/$_") && wanted($_, @mask) } @files;
 
 		# final report for this package
-		next if ((not @missingSym) and (not @missingReg));
-		print map "/$_ $pkg_name\n", @missingReg if (@missingReg);
-		print map "/$_ $pkg_name\n", @missingSym if (@missingSym);
-	}
-	close($dbh);
+		next if not @missing;
+		print map "/$_ $name\n", @missing;
 }
+close($dbh);
 
 sub parse_pkgadd_conf {
   my @unwanted;