diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index c9284db49..a331d106f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  - fixed #10526: icalInterval in Calendar.pm
  - fixed: displaying performance profile data only to an allowed IP address.
  - fixed #10528: Thingy css error
+ - fixed: Performance improvements with getting the list of asset packages.
 
 7.7.10
  - Made a change to LDAP auth that adds an OR to that query so that it also searches for a row with fieldData REGEXP '^uid=(value-from-ldap-directory-server),'. (Wes Morgan)
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
index 0fac4593b..c954de464 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/AssetPackage.pm
@@ -85,33 +85,21 @@ Returns an array of hashes containing title, assetId, and className for all asse
 =cut
 
 sub getPackageList {
-	my $self = shift;
-	my $sql = "
-		select 
-			asset.assetId, 
-			assetData.revisionDate,
-			asset.className,
-			assetData.title
-		from 
-			asset 
-		left join 
-			assetData on asset.assetId=assetData.assetId 
-		where 
-			assetData.isPackage=1
-			and assetData.revisionDate=(SELECT max(revisionDate) from assetData where assetData.assetId=asset.assetId and
-				(assetData.status='approved'";
-			$sql .= " or assetData.tagId=".$self->session->db->quote($self->session->scratch->get("versionTag")) if ($self->session->scratch->get("versionTag"));
-			$sql .= ")) and asset.state='published'";
-    my $sth = $self->session->db->read($sql);
-    # MySQL sorts this very slowly, so we do it ourselves
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $session = $self->session;
+    my $db = $session->db;
+    my @packageIds = $db->buildArray("select distinct assetId from assetData where isPackage=1");
     my @assets;
-    while (my ($id, $date, $class, $title) = $sth->array) {
-        my $asset = WebGUI::Asset->new($self->session, $id, $class, $date);
-        push(@assets, [$title, $asset]) if ($asset->get("isPackage"));
+    ID: foreach my $id (@packageIds) {
+        my $asset = WebGUI::Asset->newByDynamicClass($session, $id);
+        next ID unless defined $asset;
+        next ID unless $asset->canView && $asset->get('isPackage');
+        next ID unless ($asset->get('status') eq 'approved' || $asset->get('tagId') eq $session->scratch->get("versionTag"));
+        push @assets, [$asset->getTitle, $asset];
     }
-    $sth->finish;
     @assets = map { $_->[1] } sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] } @assets;
     return \@assets;
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/t/Asset/AssetPackage.t b/t/Asset/AssetPackage.t
index 9614c216b..fb0e0bc3a 100644
--- a/t/Asset/AssetPackage.t
+++ b/t/Asset/AssetPackage.t
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ use WebGUI::VersionTag;
 
 use Test::More; # increment this value for each test you create
 use Test::MockObject;
-plan tests => 6;
+plan tests => 10;
 
 my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
 $session->user({userId => 3});
 my $root = WebGUI::Asset->getRoot($session);
+
+is(scalar @{ $root->getPackageList }, 0, 'WebGUI does not ship with packages');
+
 my $versionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
+WebGUI::Test->tagsToRollback($versionTag);
 $versionTag->set({name=>"Asset Package test"});
 
 my $folder = $root->addChild({
@@ -71,24 +75,26 @@ is(scalar @{ $targetFolderChildren }, 1, 'target folder now has 1 child');
 my $deployedFolder = $targetFolderChildren->[0];
 
 is($deployedFolder->get('title'), 'folder', 'deployed folder has correct title');
+ok(! $deployedFolder->get('isPackage'), 'and is not a package');
 
 my $deployedFolderChildren;
 $deployedFolderChildren = $deployedFolder->getLineage(["children"], {returnObjects => 1,});
 is(scalar @{ $deployedFolderChildren }, 1, 'deployed package folder still has 1 child');
 isa_ok($deployedFolderChildren->[0] , 'WebGUI::Asset::Snippet', 'deployed child is a Snippet');
 
+##Unset isPackage in this versionTag for the next tests
+$folder->update({isPackage => 0});
+
 my $newVersionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
+WebGUI::Test->tagsToRollback($newVersionTag);
 $newVersionTag->commit;
 
+my $newFolder = WebGUI::Asset->new($session, $folder->getId);
+ok(! $newFolder->get('isPackage'), 'Disabled isPackage in original folder asset');
+is(scalar @{ $root->getPackageList }, 0, 'getPackageList does not pick up old versions of assets that used to be packages');
+
 TODO: {
     local $TODO = "Tests to make later";
     ok(0, 'Check package deployment with 2-level package and look for new style templates propagating down the tree');
 }
 
-END {
-    foreach my $tag($versionTag, $newVersionTag) {
-        if (defined $tag and ref $tag eq 'WebGUI::VersionTag') {
-            $tag->rollback;
-        }
-    }
-}