diff --git a/.topdeps b/.topdeps
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c9ac904..00000000
--- a/.topdeps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-upstream/master
diff --git a/.topmsg b/.topmsg
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c90ef80..00000000
--- a/.topmsg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-From: Sascha Silbe <sascha-pgp@silbe.org>
-Subject: [PATCH] check syntax of private key (#1568)
-
-Check that header and footer of the private key are present in order to detect
-corrupted key files.
-
-Signed-off-by: Sascha Silbe <sascha-pgp@silbe.org>
diff --git a/src/sugar/profile.py b/src/sugar/profile.py
index 3f93bbad..3ea1e678 100644
--- a/src/sugar/profile.py
+++ b/src/sugar/profile.py
@@ -105,18 +105,14 @@ class Profile(object):
             return None
 
         key = ""
-        begin_found = False
-        end_found = False
         for l in lines:
             l = l.strip()
             if l.startswith("-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----"):
-                begin_found = True
                 continue
             if l.startswith("-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----"):
-                end_found = True
                 continue
             key += l
-        if not (len(key) and begin_found and end_found):
+        if not len(key):
             logging.error("Error parsing public key.")
             return None