diff --git a/abseil-cpp-rpmlintrc b/abseil-cpp-rpmlintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ab6e8b7..0000000
--- a/abseil-cpp-rpmlintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# This is a source package and /usr/src, warnings below are not important in
-# that case.
-addFilter("abseil-cpp-source.* suse-filelist-forbidden-fhs23")
-addFilter("abseil-cpp-source.* hidden-file-or-dir")
-addFilter("abseil-cpp-source.* non-executable-script")
diff --git a/abseil-cpp.changes b/abseil-cpp.changes
index 7421348..3429bbe 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.changes
+++ b/abseil-cpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  6 08:31:58 UTC 2020 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Drop source package, was only used by grpc which was switched
+  over to use the shared library
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 27 09:16:46 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/abseil-cpp.spec b/abseil-cpp.spec
index e428dd3..69271b2 100644
--- a/abseil-cpp.spec
+++ b/abseil-cpp.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%define src_install_dir %{_prefix}/src/%{name}
 Name:           abseil-cpp
 Version:        20200225.2
 Release:        0
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ Summary:        C++11 libraries which augment the C++ stdlib
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://abseil.io/
 Source0:        https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -43,41 +41,28 @@ Abseil is a collection of C++11 libraries which augment the C++
 standard library.
 This package contains headers and build system files for it.
 
-%package source
-Summary:        Source code of Abseil
-
-%description source
-Source code of Abseil, a collection of C++11 libraries
-which augment the C++ standard library. It also provides
-features incorporated into C++14 and C++17 standards.
-
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 # let rpm/OBS have some versioning to work with when it comes to upgrades and rebuilds
-cat >"%_builddir/abslx.sym" <<-EOF
-	ABSL_%version { global: *; };
+cat >"%{_builddir}/abslx.sym" <<-EOF
+	ABSL_%{version} { global: *; };
 EOF
-%define build_ldflags -Wl,--version-script=%_builddir/abslx.sym
+%define build_ldflags -Wl,--version-script=%{_builddir}/abslx.sym
 %cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON
 
 %install
 %cmake_install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{src_install_dir}
-cp -r * %{buildroot}%{src_install_dir}
 %fdupes %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}
 
 %files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
 %{_libdir}/libabsl_*.so
 
 %files devel
 %{_includedir}/absl/
 %{_libdir}/cmake/
 
-%files source
-%license LICENSE
-%doc README.md
-%{src_install_dir}
-
 %changelog