diff --git a/cmd/pkgserver/api_test.go b/cmd/pkgserver/api_test.go
index 2337c92a..2f58af28 100644
--- a/cmd/pkgserver/api_test.go
+++ b/cmd/pkgserver/api_test.go
@@ -118,33 +118,31 @@ func TestAPIGet(t *testing.T) {
 			checkStatus(t, resp, http.StatusOK)
 			checkAPIHeader(t, w.Header())
 			checkPayloadFunc(t, resp, func(got *struct {
-				Count  int         `json:"count"`
 				Values []*metadata `json:"values"`
 			}) bool {
-				return got.Count == len(want) &&
-					slices.EqualFunc(got.Values, want, func(a, b *metadata) bool {
-						return (a.Version == b.Version ||
-							a.Version == rosa.Unversioned ||
-							b.Version == rosa.Unversioned) &&
-							a.HasReport == b.HasReport &&
-							a.Name == b.Name &&
-							a.Description == b.Description &&
-							a.Website == b.Website
-					})
+				return slices.EqualFunc(got.Values, want, func(a, b *metadata) bool {
+					return (a.Version == b.Version ||
+						a.Version == rosa.Unversioned ||
+						b.Version == rosa.Unversioned) &&
+						a.HasReport == b.HasReport &&
+						a.Name == b.Name &&
+						a.Description == b.Description &&
+						a.Website == b.Website
+				})
 			})
 
 		})
 	}
 
-	checkWithSuffix("declarationAscending", "?limit=2&index=0&sort=0", []*metadata{
-		{
-			Metadata: rosa.GetMetadata(0),
-			Version:  rosa.Std.Version(0),
-		},
+	checkWithSuffix("declarationAscending", "?limit=2&index=1&sort=0", []*metadata{
 		{
 			Metadata: rosa.GetMetadata(1),
 			Version:  rosa.Std.Version(1),
 		},
+		{
+			Metadata: rosa.GetMetadata(2),
+			Version:  rosa.Std.Version(2),
+		},
 	})
 	checkWithSuffix("declarationAscending offset", "?limit=3&index=5&sort=0", []*metadata{
 		{
diff --git a/cmd/pkgserver/index.go b/cmd/pkgserver/index.go
index 1dcdd27f..536fd83a 100644
--- a/cmd/pkgserver/index.go
+++ b/cmd/pkgserver/index.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type metadata struct {
 }
 
 // populate deterministically populates packageIndex, optionally with a report.
-func (index *packageIndex) populate(cache *pkg.Cache, report *rosa.Report) (err error) {
+func (index *packageIndex) populate(report *rosa.Report) (err error) {
 	if report != nil {
 		defer report.HandleAccess(&err)()
 		index.handleAccess = report.HandleAccess
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func (index *packageIndex) populate(cache *pkg.Cache, report *rosa.Report) (err
 
 	var work [rosa.PresetUnexportedStart]*metadata
 	index.names = make(map[string]*metadata)
+	ir := pkg.NewIR()
 	for p := range rosa.PresetUnexportedStart {
 		m := metadata{
 			p: p,
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ func (index *packageIndex) populate(cache *pkg.Cache, report *rosa.Report) (err
 			m.Version = ""
 		}
 
-		if cache != nil && report != nil {
-			id := cache.Ident(rosa.Std.Load(p))
+		if report != nil {
+			id := ir.Ident(rosa.Std.Load(p))
 			m.ids = pkg.Encode(id.Value())
 			m.status, m.Size = report.ArtifactOf(id)
 			m.HasReport = m.Size >= 0
diff --git a/cmd/pkgserver/index_test.go b/cmd/pkgserver/index_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e4e1048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/pkgserver/index_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package main
+
+import "testing"
+
+// newIndex returns the address of a newly populated packageIndex.
+func newIndex(t *testing.T) *packageIndex {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var index packageIndex
+	if err := index.populate(nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("populate: error = %v", err)
+	}
+	return &index
+}
diff --git a/cmd/pkgserver/main.go b/cmd/pkgserver/main.go
index 6889dfe1..c1ca4c94 100644
--- a/cmd/pkgserver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pkgserver/main.go
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"hakurei.app/check"
 	"hakurei.app/cmd/pkgserver/internal/ui"
 	"hakurei.app/command"
-	"hakurei.app/internal/pkg"
 	"hakurei.app/internal/rosa"
-	"hakurei.app/message"
 )
 
 const shutdownTimeout = 15 * time.Second
@@ -25,17 +22,14 @@ func main() {
 	log.SetPrefix("pkgserver: ")
 
 	var (
-		flagBaseDir string
-		flagAddr    string
+		flagAddr string
 	)
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP)
 	defer stop()
-	msg := message.New(log.Default())
 
 	c := command.New(os.Stderr, log.Printf, "pkgserver", func(args []string) error {
 		var (
-			cache  *pkg.Cache
 			report *rosa.Report
 		)
 		switch len(args) {
@@ -43,17 +37,8 @@ func main() {
 			break
 
 		case 1:
-			baseDir, err := check.NewAbs(flagBaseDir)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			cache, err = pkg.Open(ctx, msg, 0, 0, 0, baseDir)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			defer cache.Close()
-
+			var err error
+			rosa.DropCaches(rosa.OptLLVMNoLTO)
 			report, err = rosa.OpenReport(args[0])
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -61,12 +46,11 @@ func main() {
 
 		default:
 			return errors.New("pkgserver requires 1 argument")
-
 		}
 
 		var index packageIndex
 		index.search = make(searchCache)
-		if err := index.populate(cache, report); err != nil {
+		if err := index.populate(report); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Minute)
@@ -98,10 +82,6 @@ func main() {
 		}()
 		return server.ListenAndServe()
 	}).Flag(
-		&flagBaseDir,
-		"b", command.StringFlag(""),
-		"base directory for cache",
-	).Flag(
 		&flagAddr,
 		"addr", command.StringFlag(":8067"),
 		"TCP network address to listen on",
diff --git a/cmd/pkgserver/main_test.go b/cmd/pkgserver/main_test.go
index 6acaa8f6..c2a8e71b 100644
--- a/cmd/pkgserver/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/pkgserver/main_test.go
@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// newIndex returns the address of a newly populated packageIndex.
-func newIndex(t *testing.T) *packageIndex {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	var index packageIndex
-	if err := index.populate(nil, nil); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("populate: error = %v", err)
-	}
-	return &index
-}
-
 // checkStatus checks response status code.
 func checkStatus(t *testing.T, resp *http.Response, want int) {
 	t.Helper()