diff --git a/atheme.spec b/atheme.spec
index 2004893..1c7d54a 100644
--- a/atheme.spec
+++ b/atheme.spec
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ make install DESTDIR="%buildroot" DOCDIR="%_docdir/%name";
 # additional documentation
 mkdir -p "$b/%_docdir/%name"
 install -m 0644 contrib/*.php contrib/*.pl TODO "$b/%_docdir/%name"
-mv "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name"/*.example "$b/%_docdir/%name/"
-install -pm0644 "%{S:9}" "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name/atheme.conf"
 
 mkdir -p "$b/%_unitdir" "$b/%_libexecdir/tmpfiles.d";
 ln -s service "$b/%_sbindir/rcatheme"
@@ -126,10 +124,8 @@ cat >"$b/%_prefix/lib/tmpfiles.d/atheme.conf" <<-EOF
 	d /run/atheme 0755 atheme atheme -
 EOF
 
-# config files
-# TODO: check if we should change any defaults and patch it.
-cp -v "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name"/atheme.conf{.example,}
-cp -v "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name"/atheme.motd{.example,}
+mv "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name"/*example "$b/%_docdir/%name/"
+install -pm0644 "%{S:9}" "$b/%_sysconfdir/%name/atheme.conf"
 %find_lang %name
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix