diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index 77aac07..0842910 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 17 18:48:56 UTC 2025 - Antonio Teixeira <antonio.teixeira@suse.com>
+
+- Remove legacy backend from SLES16
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  2 13:40:26 UTC 2024 - Antonio Teixeira <antonio.teixeira@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 0804eea..8a89e20 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 %bcond_with libalternatives
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1600 && !0%{?is_opensuse}
+%bcond_with legacy_backend
+%else
+%bcond_without legacy_backend
+%endif
+
 Name:           iptables
 Version:        1.8.11
 Release:        0
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnfnetlink) >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnftnl) >= 1.2.6
 Requires:       netcfg >= 11.6
 Requires:       xtables-plugins = %version-%release
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 Requires:       alts
 BuildRequires:  alts
@@ -58,6 +65,10 @@ BuildRequires:  alts
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 %endif
+%else
+Provides:		%{name}-backend-nft = %version-%release
+Obsoletes:		%{name}-backend-nft < %version-%release
+%endif
 # During the update to iptables 1.8, ip6tables-restore-translate, ip6tables-translate,
 # iptables-restore-translate and iptables-translate were moved from iptables-nft subpackage
 # (now iptables-backend-nft) to the main package so we need to add a conflict here otherwise
@@ -68,6 +79,7 @@ Conflicts:      iptables-nft = 1.6.2
 iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the rule tables of
 the various Netfilter packet filter engines inside the Linux kernel.
 
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
 %package backend-nft
 Summary:        Metapackage to make nft the default backend for iptables/arptables/ebtables
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/Security
@@ -87,6 +99,7 @@ Installation of this package adds higher priority alternatives (cf.
 update-alternatives) that makes the iptables, ip6tables, arptables
 and ebtables commands point to a program variant that uses the
 nftables kernel interface.
+%endif
 
 %package -n xtables-plugins
 Summary:        Match and target extension plugins for iptables
@@ -200,17 +213,29 @@ rm -f "$b/%_sysconfdir/xtables.conf" # packaging bug
 for i in iptables iptables-restore iptables-save ip6tables ip6tables-restore \
     ip6tables-save arptables arptables-restore arptables-save ebtables \
     ebtables-restore ebtables-save; do
-%if ! %{with libalternatives}
-	ln -fsv "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/$i" "$b/%_sbindir/$i"
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
+	%if ! %{with libalternatives}
+		ln -fsv "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/$i" "$b/%_sbindir/$i"
+	%else
+		ln -fsv %_bindir/alts "$b/%_sbindir/$i"
+	%endif
 %else
-	ln -fsv %_bindir/alts "$b/%_sbindir/$i"
+	ln -fsv %_sbindir/xtables-nft-multi "$b/%_sbindir/$i"
 %endif
 done
 
+%if %{without legacy_backend}
+	rm "$b/%_sbindir/xtables-legacy-multi"
+	rm $b/%_sbindir/iptables-legacy*
+	rm $b/%_sbindir/ip6tables-legacy*
+	ln -fsv %_sbindir/xtables-nft-multi $b/%_bindir/iptables-xml
+%endif
+
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix
 %endif
 
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 mkdir -pv "$b/%_datadir/libalternatives/iptables"
 cat >"$b/%_datadir/libalternatives/iptables/1.conf" <<-EOF
@@ -307,6 +332,7 @@ if test "$1" = 0; then
 	update-alternatives --remove ebtables "%_sbindir/xtables-nft-multi"
 fi
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %post   -n libipq0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libipq0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -322,19 +348,22 @@ fi
 %_bindir/iptables-xml
 %_sbindir/arptables-*translate*
 %_sbindir/iptables-apply
-%_sbindir/iptables-legacy*
 %_sbindir/iptables-nft*
 %_sbindir/iptables-*translate*
 %_sbindir/ip6tables-apply
-%_sbindir/ip6tables-legacy*
 %_sbindir/ip6tables-nft*
 %_sbindir/ip6tables-*translate*
 %_sbindir/arptables-nft*
 %_sbindir/ebtables-nft*
 %_sbindir/ebtables-*translate*
-%_sbindir/xtables*
+%_sbindir/xtables-monitor
+%_sbindir/xtables-nft-multi
 %_mandir/man1/*tables*
 %_mandir/man8/*tables*
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
+%_sbindir/iptables-legacy*
+%_sbindir/ip6tables-legacy*
+%_sbindir/xtables-legacy-multi
 # backend-legacy (implicit)
 %if ! %{with libalternatives}
 %ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/iptables
@@ -357,13 +386,23 @@ fi
 %_datadir/libalternatives/iptables-save/1.conf
 %dir %_datadir/libalternatives/iptables-save
 %endif
+%endif
 %_sbindir/iptables
 %_sbindir/iptables-restore
 %_sbindir/iptables-save
 %_sbindir/ip6tables
 %_sbindir/ip6tables-restore
 %_sbindir/ip6tables-save
+%if %{without legacy_backend}
+%_sbindir/arptables
+%_sbindir/arptables-restore
+%_sbindir/arptables-save
+%_sbindir/ebtables
+%_sbindir/ebtables-restore
+%_sbindir/ebtables-save
+%endif
 
+%if %{with legacy_backend}
 %files backend-nft
 %if ! %{with libalternatives}
 %ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/iptables
@@ -417,6 +456,7 @@ fi
 %_sbindir/ebtables
 %_sbindir/ebtables-restore
 %_sbindir/ebtables-save
+%endif
 
 %files -n xtables-plugins
 %_libdir/xtables/