diff --git a/src/api/app/controllers/source_project_controller.rb b/src/api/app/controllers/source_project_controller.rb
index 5eed128a291a..0654ea097da6 100644
--- a/src/api/app/controllers/source_project_controller.rb
+++ b/src/api/app/controllers/source_project_controller.rb
@@ -4,17 +4,15 @@ class SourceProjectController < SourceController
   # GET /source/:project
   def show
     project_name = params[:project]
-    if params.key?(:deleted)
+
+    if params[:deleted] == '1'
       unless Project.find_by_name(project_name) || Project.is_remote_project?(project_name)
         # project is deleted or not accessible
         validate_visibility_of_deleted_project(project_name)
       end
-      pass_to_backend
-      return
     end
 
-    if Project.is_remote_project?(project_name)
-      # not a local project, hand over to backend
+    unless params.key?(:view)
       pass_to_backend
       return
     end
@@ -23,27 +21,22 @@ def show
     raise Project::UnknownObjectError, "Project not found: #{project_name}" unless @project
 
     # we let the backend list the packages after we verified the project is visible
-    if params.key?(:view)
-      case params[:view]
-      when 'verboseproductlist'
-        @products = Product.all_products(@project, params[:expand])
-        render 'source/verboseproductlist', formats: [:xml]
-        return
-      when 'productlist'
-        @products = Product.all_products(@project, params[:expand])
-        render 'source/productlist', formats: [:xml]
-        return
-      when 'issues'
-        render_project_issues
-      when 'info'
-        pass_to_backend
-      else
-        raise InvalidParameterError, "'#{params[:view]}' is not a valid 'view' parameter value."
-      end
+    case params[:view]
+    when 'verboseproductlist'
+      @products = Product.all_products(@project, params[:expand])
+      render 'source/verboseproductlist', formats: [:xml]
+      return
+    when 'productlist'
+      @products = Product.all_products(@project, params[:expand])
+      render 'source/productlist', formats: [:xml]
       return
+    when 'issues'
+      render_project_issues
+    when 'info'
+      pass_to_backend
+    else
+      raise InvalidParameterError, "'#{params[:view]}' is not a valid 'view' parameter value."
     end
-
-    render_project_packages
   end
 
   def render_project_issues
@@ -51,11 +44,6 @@ def render_project_issues
     render partial: 'source/project_issues', formats: [:xml]
   end
 
-  def render_project_packages
-    @packages = params.key?(:expand) ? @project.expand_all_packages : @project.packages.pluck(:name)
-    render locals: { expand: params.key?(:expand) }, formats: [:xml]
-  end
-
   # DELETE /source/:project
   def delete
     project = Project.get_by_name(params[:project])