diff --git a/netcfg.changes b/netcfg.changes
index 1caa98d..2cf2fbc 100644
--- a/netcfg.changes
+++ b/netcfg.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 12 08:18:06 UTC 2018 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
+
+- Don't create /etc/HOSTNAME symlink anymore, the expected content
+  is slightly different from /etc/hostname [bsc#972463]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  2 09:40:31 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/netcfg.spec b/netcfg.spec
index 5e0fdfd..dec8bb9 100644
--- a/netcfg.spec
+++ b/netcfg.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ done
 bunzip2 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/services.bz2
 patch -p0 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/services < $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/services-suse.diff
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/services.orig
-ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/hostname %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME
 
 %pre
 # HOSTNAME migration supported scenarios [bnc#858908]:
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ if [ $1 -gt 1 ]; then
     cat %{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME > %{_sysconfdir}/hostname.rpmsave
     rm -rf %{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME %{_sysconfdir}/hostname
     touch %{_sysconfdir}/hostname
-    ln -s %{_sysconfdir}/hostname %{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME
   fi
 fi
 exit 0
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ exit 0
 %files
 %defattr(644,root,root,755)
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/hostname
-%{_sysconfdir}/HOSTNAME
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/aliases
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/defaultdomain
 %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ethers