diff --git a/_service b/_service
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e89ef5..0000000
--- a/_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-  <service name="download_url">
-    <param name="protocol">http</param>
-    <param name="host">ftp.gnu.org</param>
-    <param name="path">/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2</param>
-  </service>
-  <service name="verify_file">
-    <param name="file">_service:download_url:m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2</param>
-    <param name="verifier">sha256</param>
-    <param name="checksum">42500c1fddd90bcb161e6b58de931d769929c495c124112d67428a23543db90c</param>
-  </service>
-</services>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_service:download_url:m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2 b/m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2
similarity index 100%
rename from _service:download_url:m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2
rename to m4-1.4.16.tar.bz2
diff --git a/m4.changes b/m4.changes
index cc760c4..e3b2a45 100644
--- a/m4.changes
+++ b/m4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 19 15:14:23 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove fragile _service file
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  9 13:27:00 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com