diff --git a/src/distromatic.c b/src/distromatic.c
index f33bead..b871be7 100644
--- a/src/distromatic.c
+++ b/src/distromatic.c
@@ -255,10 +255,11 @@ handleObsoletedPackages(struct configTag *ct, int archidx)
                                prov->provider[i]->obsoleteflags[j],
                                buf)) continue;
 		     }
-	             if (prov->provider[k]->altrepository == ct->repository_level) {
+                     /* print 'obsoletes' warning  for binary packages belonging to target repository,
+                        and 'obsoleted by' for all obsoletions in upper level repositories */
+	             if (prov->provider[k]->altrepository != ct->repository_level) {
 	                currheader = prov->provider[k]->sourceheader->firstchild[archidx];
 	                while (currheader) {
-	                   /* print 'obsoleted by' warning only for binary packages belonging to target repository */
 	                   if (!strcmp(currheader->name, prov->provider[k]->name)) {
                               snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s(%s,%s) obsoleted by %s(%s,%s)",
                                  prov->provider[k]->name,
@@ -273,8 +274,7 @@ handleObsoletedPackages(struct configTag *ct, int archidx)
 		           }
  	                   currheader = currheader -> nextbrother;
 	                }
-		     }
-		     if (prov->provider[i]->altrepository == ct->repository_level) {
+		     } else {
                         snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s(%s,%s) obsoletes %s(%s,%s)",
                            prov->provider[i]->name,
                            prov->provider[i]->arch,