diff --git a/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh b/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
index b5e519036..22c8d5b90 100644
--- a/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/archlinux/archlinux.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,36 +1,6 @@
 # Archlinux zsh aliases and functions
 # Usage is also described at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Plugins
 
-# Look for yaourt, and add some useful functions if we have it.
-if [[ -x `which yaourt` ]]; then
-  upgrade () {
-    yaourt -Syu
-  }
-  alias yaconf='yaourt -C'        # Fix all configuration files with vimdiff
-  # Pacman - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips
-  alias yaupg='yaourt -Syu'        # Synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system.
-  alias yain='yaourt -S'           # Install specific package(s) from the repositories
-  alias yains='yaourt -U'          # Install specific package not from the repositories but from a file 
-  alias yare='yaourt -R'           # Remove the specified package(s), retaining its configuration(s) and required dependencies
-  alias yarem='yaourt -Rns'        # Remove the specified package(s), its configuration(s) and unneeded dependencies
-  alias yarep='yaourt -Si'         # Display information about a given package in the repositories
-  alias yareps='yaourt -Ss'        # Search for package(s) in the repositories
-  alias yaloc='yaourt -Qi'         # Display information about a given package in the local database
-  alias yalocs='yaourt -Qs'        # Search for package(s) in the local database
-  # Additional yaourt alias examples
-  if [[ -x `which abs` ]]; then
-    alias yaupd='yaourt -Sy && sudo abs'   # Update and refresh the local package and ABS databases against repositories
-  else
-    alias yaupd='yaourt -Sy'               # Update and refresh the local package and ABS databases against repositories
-  fi
-  alias yainsd='yaourt -S --asdeps'        # Install given package(s) as dependencies of another package
-  alias yamir='yaourt -Syy'                # Force refresh of all package lists after updating /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
-else
- upgrade() {
-   sudo pacman -Syu
- }
-fi
-
 # Pacman - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips
 alias pacupg='sudo pacman -Syu'        # Synchronize with repositories before upgrading packages that are out of date on the local system.
 alias pacin='sudo pacman -S'           # Install specific package(s) from the repositories
@@ -52,12 +22,13 @@ alias pacmir='sudo pacman -Syy'                # Force refresh of all package li
 
 # https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=93683
 paclist() {
-  sudo pacman -Qei $(pacman -Qu|cut -d" " -f 1)|awk ' BEGIN {FS=":"}/^Name/{printf("\033[1;36m%s\033[1;37m", $2)}/^Description/{print $2}'
+  [[ -x $(which expac) ]] && expac "${fg[cyan]}%n${fg[green]}: ${reset_color}%d" || (
+    read -p "You don't have 'expac' installed, install? [y,N]" install_expac
+    # fixme!
+    echo "Sorry, this isn't yet implemented, please run 'pacman -S expac' manually! (fixme!)"
+  )
 }
 
-alias paclsorphans='sudo pacman -Qdt'
-alias pacrmorphans='sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq)'
-
 pacdisowned() {
   tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/pacman-disowned-$UID-$$
   db=$tmp/db
@@ -74,3 +45,12 @@ pacdisowned() {
 
   comm -23 "$fs" "$db"
 }
+
+pacman() {
+ pacman_bin=${commands[pacman-color]:-/usr/bin/pacman}
+ sudo_bin==sudo
+ case $1 in
+  -S | -S[^sih]* | -R* | -U*) $sudo_bin /bin/su -c"$pacman_bin \"$@\"" ;;
+  *) $pacman_bin "$@" ;;
+ esac
+}
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