diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eecd49b8..d4e0e808 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -16,28 +16,22 @@
  - added cat -e, to cat a file through a link.
    'cat -e -r 3' expands through the third revision of the _link.
  - added subcmd bco as alias for branch -c
- - added default project to branch subcommand. .oscrc:branch_project = OpenSUSE:Factory
  - added primitive experimental support for .oscrc:checkout_no_colon = 1
  - suggest using svn when .svn found.
  - alias submitpac submitrequest
  - osc bco now continues to checkout after branch target exists error.
  - added .oscrc:plaintext_passwd=1 for backwards compatibility
  - moved core.py:exclude_stuff to .oscrc:exclude_glob and expand it to catch *.orig etc.
- - allowed req as alias for request.
- - bugfix get_request_list: use 'or' with multiple states, not 'and'.
- - added osc req list -s all; a shorthand for enumerating all states
- - osc req list no longer confuses creator with approver.
- - osc req list -D nnn limit to requests nnn days old.
- - osc req list now also shows requests from the the given package, not only to.
+ - added osc rq list -a; a shorthand for enumerating all states
+ - osc rq list -D nnn limit to requests nnn days old.
  - improved help texts with repairlink to point to osc resolved.
  - improved passx code when creating oscrc.
- - osc sr -l is now a shortcut for 'osc req list -M -a -t submit -D 0'
  - osc metafromspec allows editing before send
  - allow handling of other roles than "maintainer" with maintainer command
    (-r role)
  - fix and improve request list and show output
  - new osc rremove command for remote source files removal
- - handle _service\* files correctly
+ - first part of support to handle _service\* files correctly
  - osc commit asks if some file has a '?' status (can be skipped by --force option)
  - fixed request list for multiple states
  - new option --overlay
diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 5a7461f9..272a2bc0 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -498,10 +498,6 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
     @cmdln.option('--nodevelproject', action='store_true',
                   help='do not follow a defined devel project ' \
                        '(primary project where a package is developed)')
-    @cmdln.option('-d', '--diff', action='store_true',
-                  help='show diff only instead of creating the actual request')
-    @cmdln.option('-l', '--list', action='store_true',
-                  help='show submitrequests. Same as \'osc req list -M -s all -t submit -D 0\'')
     @cmdln.alias("sr")
     @cmdln.alias("submitreq")
     @cmdln.alias("submitpac")
@@ -520,14 +516,6 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
         ${cmd_option_list}
         """
 
-        if opts.list:
-           opts.state = "all"
-           opts.user = ""
-           opts.all = True
-           opts.type = "submit"
-           opts.mine = True
-           return self.do_request('list', opts, *args)
-
         args = slash_split(args)
 
         # remove this block later again
@@ -631,7 +619,7 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
             if repl == 'y':
                 for req in myreqs:
                     change_request_state(apiurl, str(req.reqid), 'revoked',
-                                         'superseded by %s' % result)
+                                         'superseeded by %s' % result)
 
             print 'created request id', result
 
@@ -730,7 +718,6 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
     @cmdln.option('-M', '--mine', action='store_true',
                         help='only show requests created by yourself')
     @cmdln.alias("rq")
-    @cmdln.alias("req")
     def do_request(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         """${cmd_name}: Show and modify requests
 
@@ -1220,12 +1207,7 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
             home:USERNAME:branches:PROJECT/PACKAGE
         if nothing else specified.
 
-        The branched package will come from 
-            %(branch_project)s
-        if nothing else specified.
-
         usage:
-            osc branch  SOURCEPACKAGE
             osc branch SOURCEPROJECT SOURCEPACKAGE
             osc branch SOURCEPROJECT SOURCEPACKAGE TARGETPROJECT
             osc branch SOURCEPROJECT SOURCEPACKAGE TARGETPROJECT TARGETPACKAGE
@@ -1237,12 +1219,6 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
         args = slash_split(args)
         tproject = tpackage = None
 
-        if len(args) == 1:
-            print >>sys.stderr, 'defaulting to %s/%s' % (conf.config['branch_project'], args[0])
-            # python has no args.unshift ???
-            args = [ conf.config['branch_project'], args[0] ]
-
-
         if not (len(args) >= 2 and len(args) <= 4):
             raise oscerr.WrongArgs('Wrong number of arguments.')
         if len(args) >= 3:
@@ -2147,10 +2123,10 @@ Please submit there instead, or use --nodevelproject to force direct submission.
                 else:
                     raise e
 
-#    @cmdln.hide(1)
-#    def do_req(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
-#        print "Command req is obsolete. Please use 'osc api'"
-#        sys.exit(1)
+    @cmdln.hide(1)
+    def do_req(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
+        print "Command req is obsolete. Please use 'osc api'"
+        sys.exit(1)
 
     @cmdln.alias('r')
     @cmdln.option('-l', '--last-build', action='store_true',
diff --git a/osc/conf.py b/osc/conf.py
index 5928cf74..e3366405 100644
--- a/osc/conf.py
+++ b/osc/conf.py
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ DEFAULTS = { 'apiurl': 'https://api.opensuse.org',
              'extra-pkgs': 'vim gdb strace',
              # default platform
              'build_platform': 'openSUSE_Factory',
-             # default project for branch or bco
-             'branch_project': 'openSUSE:Factory',
              # alternate filesystem layout: have multiple subdirs, where colons were.
              'checkout_no_colon': '0',
              # local files to ignore with status, addremove, ....