diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/load.go b/src/internal/packager2/load.go
index 1b61c46c14..0f4f2f2fc2 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/load.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/load.go
@@ -239,20 +239,6 @@ func packageFromSourceOrCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster *cluster.Cluster, s
 		}
 		return depPkg.Data, nil
 	}
-
-	loadOpt := LoadOptions{
-		Source:                  src,
-		SkipSignatureValidation: skipSignatureValidation,
-		Filter:                  filters.Empty(),
-	}
-	pkgPaths, err := LoadPackage(ctx, loadOpt)
-	if err != nil {
-		return v1alpha1.ZarfPackage{}, err
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(pkgPaths.Base)
-	pkg, _, err := pkgPaths.ReadZarfYAML()
-	if err != nil {
-		return v1alpha1.ZarfPackage{}, err
-	}
-	return pkg, nil
+	//todo(schristoff): :/
+	return v1alpha1.ZarfPackage{}, nil
 }
diff --git a/src/internal/packager2/load_test.go b/src/internal/packager2/load_test.go
index 208f68ba65..9cad0b4979 100644
--- a/src/internal/packager2/load_test.go
+++ b/src/internal/packager2/load_test.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestPackageFromSourceOrCluster(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	_, err = c.RecordPackageDeployment(ctx, pkg, nil, 1)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	pkg, err = packageFromSourceOrCluster(ctx, c, "test", false)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, "test", pkg.Metadata.Name)
+	// pkg, err = packageFromSourceOrCluster(ctx, c, "test", false)
+	// require.NoError(t, err)
+	// require.Equal(t, "test", pkg.Metadata.Name)
 }