diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96485d9..bd8bfae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,20 +59,13 @@ cleanall: clean
 	rm -f $(BIN)
 	rm -f versitygw-*.tar
 	rm -f versitygw-*.tar.gz
-	rm -f versitygw.spec
-
-%.spec: %.spec.in
-	sed -e 's/@@VERSION@@/$(VERSION)/g' < $< > $@+
-	mv $@+ $@
 
 TARFILE = $(BIN)-$(VERSION).tar
 
-dist: $(BIN).spec
+dist:
 	echo $(VERSION) >VERSION
 	git archive --format=tar --prefix $(BIN)-$(VERSION)/ HEAD > $(TARFILE)
-	@ tar rf $(TARFILE) --transform="s@\(.*\)@$(BIN)-$(VERSION)/\1@" $(BIN).spec VERSION
 	rm -f VERSION
-	rm -f $(BIN).spec
 	gzip -f $(TARFILE)
 
 # Creates and runs S3 gateway instance in a docker container
diff --git a/versitygw.spec.in b/versitygw.spec.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f939e76..0000000
--- a/versitygw.spec.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-%global debug_package %{nil}
-%define pkg_version @@VERSION@@
-
-Name:		versitygw
-Version:	%{pkg_version}
-Release:	1%{?dist}
-Summary:	Versity S3 Gateway
-
-License:	Apache-2.0
-URL:		https://github.com/versity/versitygw
-Source0:	%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-%description
-The S3 gateway is an S3 protocol translator that allows an S3 client
-to access the supported backend storage as if it was a native S3 service.
-
-BuildRequires:	golang >= 1.20
-
-%prep
-%setup
-
-%build
-make
-
-%install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
-install -m 0755 %{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
-
-%post
-
-%files
-%{_bindir}/%{name}