diff --git a/iptables-1.4.3-howtos.tar.bz2 b/iptables-1.4.3-howtos.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ce1918..0000000
--- a/iptables-1.4.3-howtos.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d8c28e765de073bb75759ba8a4ae87c972ac805e4638d6addcc740cf75472cab
-size 67369
diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index 45ce41d..1bca73f 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 12 08:21:35 UTC 2009 - puzel@novell.com
+
+- remove outdated howtos (bnc#551748)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 15 17:53:13 CEST 2009 - kay.sievers@novell.com
 
 - fix libdir/libexecdir on 64bit installation
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 06c50c8..a800b22 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ Name:           iptables
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Security
 Version:        1.4.4
-Release:        3
+Release:        4
 Summary:        IP Packet Filter Administration
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-# http://netfilter.org/documentation/index.html#documentation-howto
-Source1:        %{name}-1.4.3-howtos.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         %{name}-batch.patch
 Url:            http://www.iptables.org
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ Authors:
     Netfilter Core Team <netfilter-core@linuxcare.com.au>
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -a 1
+%setup -q
 %patch0
 
 %build
@@ -69,9 +67,6 @@ autoreconf -f -i
     --enable-libipq \
     --libexecdir=%{_libdir}
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
-# build howtos
-cd howtos
-make
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc COPYING INCOMPATIBILITIES howtos/*.html
+%doc COPYING INCOMPATIBILITIES
 %doc %{_mandir}/man8/*
 %{_bindir}/iptables*
 %{_sbindir}/iptables*