diff --git a/cmd/gen-manifests/main.go b/cmd/gen-manifests/main.go
index 47e8b71392..69d2dd4391 100644
--- a/cmd/gen-manifests/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gen-manifests/main.go
@@ -388,23 +388,6 @@ func save(ms manifest.OSBuildManifest, depsolved map[string]depsolvednf.Depsolve
 	return nil
 }
 
-func filterRepos(repos []rpmmd.RepoConfig, typeName string) []rpmmd.RepoConfig {
-	filtered := make([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, 0)
-	for _, repo := range repos {
-		if len(repo.ImageTypeTags) == 0 {
-			filtered = append(filtered, repo)
-		} else {
-			for _, tt := range repo.ImageTypeTags {
-				if tt == typeName {
-					filtered = append(filtered, repo)
-					break
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return filtered
-}
-
 func u(s string) string {
 	return strings.ReplaceAll(s, "-", "_")
 }
@@ -510,11 +493,10 @@ func main() {
 				}
 
 				// get repositories
-				repos, err := testedRepoRegistry.ReposByArchName(distroName, archName, true)
+				repos, err := testedRepoRegistry.ReposByImageTypeName(distroName, archName, imgTypeName)
 				if err != nil {
 					panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get repositories for %s/%s: %v", distroName, archName, err))
 				}
-				repos = filterRepos(repos, imgTypeName)
 				if len(repos) == 0 {
 					fmt.Printf("no repositories defined for %s/%s/%s\n", distroName, archName, imgTypeName)
 					if skipNorepos {
diff --git a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
index bdf237a8e6..da083b9d9d 100644
--- a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
+++ b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewFromDistrosRepoConfigs(distrosRepoConfigs rpmmd.DistrosRepoConfigs) *Rep
 // Therefore in general, all common distro-arch-specific repositories are returned for any image type name,
 // even for non-existing ones.
 func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByImageTypeName(distro, arch, imageType string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
-	repositories := []rpmmd.RepoConfig{}
+	var repositories []rpmmd.RepoConfig
 
 	archRepos, err := r.ReposByArchName(distro, arch, true)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -71,16 +71,18 @@ func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByImageTypeName(distro, arch, imageType string) ([]r
 	return repositories, nil
 }
 
-// reposByArchName returns a slice of rpmmd.RepoConfig instances, which should be used for building image types for the
+// ReposByArchName returns a slice of rpmmd.RepoConfig instances, which should be used for building image types for the
 // specific architecture and distribution. This includes by default all repositories without any image type tags specified.
 // Depending on the `includeTagged` argument value, repositories with image type tags set will be added to the returned
 // slice or not.
 //
 // The method does not verify if the given architecture name is actually part of the specific distribution definition.
+//
+// Note that using ReposByImageTypeName() is most likely what you want to use.
 func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByArchName(distro, arch string, includeTagged bool) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
-	repositories := []rpmmd.RepoConfig{}
+	var repositories []rpmmd.RepoConfig
 
-	archRepos, err := r.DistroHasRepos(distro, arch)
+	archRepos, err := r.reposByDistroArch(distro, arch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ func (r *RepoRegistry) ReposByArchName(distro, arch string, includeTagged bool)
 	return repositories, nil
 }
 
-// DistroHasRepos returns the repositories for the distro+arch, and a found flag
-func (r *RepoRegistry) DistroHasRepos(distro, arch string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
+// reposByDistroArch returns the repositories for the distro+arch
+func (r *RepoRegistry) reposByDistroArch(distro, arch string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
 	// compatibility layer to support old repository definition filenames
 	// without a dot to separate major and minor release versions
 	stdDistroName, err := distroidparser.DefaultParser.Standardize(distro)
@@ -118,6 +120,12 @@ func (r *RepoRegistry) DistroHasRepos(distro, arch string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig,
 	return repos, nil
 }
 
+// (deprecated) DistroHasRepos is just here for compatbility with weldr which could
+// use `ReposByArchName(distro, arch, true)` instead.
+func (r *RepoRegistry) DistroHasRepos(distro, arch string) ([]rpmmd.RepoConfig, error) {
+	return r.reposByDistroArch(distro, arch)
+}
+
 // ListDistros returns a list of all distros which have a repository defined
 // in the registry.
 func (r *RepoRegistry) ListDistros() []string {
diff --git a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
index 3c83cf2d07..e05257d33f 100644
--- a/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reporegistry/reporegistry_test.go
@@ -258,16 +258,15 @@ func TestReposByArch(t *testing.T) {
 func TestInvalidReposByArch(t *testing.T) {
 	rr := getTestingRepoRegistry()
 
-	ta := test_distro.TestArch{}
-	td := test_distro.TestDistro{}
+	td := test_distro.DistroFactory(test_distro.TestDistro1Name)
 
-	repos, err := rr.ReposByArchName(td.Name(), ta.Name(), false)
+	repos, err := rr.ReposByArchName(td.Name(), "invalid-arch", false)
 	assert.Nil(t, repos)
-	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, `requested repository not found: for distribution "test-distro-1" and architecture "invalid-arch"`)
 
-	repos, err = rr.ReposByArchName(td.Name(), ta.Name(), false)
+	repos, err = rr.ReposByArchName(td.Name(), "invalid-arch", true)
 	assert.Nil(t, repos)
-	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, `requested repository not found: for distribution "test-distro-1" and architecture "invalid-arch"`)
 }
 
 // TestInvalidReposByArchName tests return values from ReposByArchName
diff --git a/pkg/rpmmd/repository.go b/pkg/rpmmd/repository.go
index 85c6c5dc1c..d450aab8d5 100644
--- a/pkg/rpmmd/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/rpmmd/repository.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// repository is the presentation of a on-disk repository json file
 type repository struct {
 	Name           string   `json:"name"`
 	BaseURL        string   `json:"baseurl,omitempty"`