diff --git a/db-remove b/db-remove
index f418eae2a8a6db18e40146bd4507a3374bca6952..bb2ea21ea6e154760c6d89d4b81b459b19eb8e72 100755
--- a/db-remove
+++ b/db-remove
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ fi
 
 repo="$1"
 pkgbases=("${@:2}")
+# TODO: Temporary compatibility mode for more fluent rollout
+if [[ "$2" == any ]]; then
+	pkgbases=("${@:3}")
+fi
 
 # filter out duplicates
 mapfile -t pkgbases < <(printf '%s\n' "${pkgbases[@]}" | sort --unique)