diff --git a/openvpn.changes b/openvpn.changes
index 8b57bce..711fefd 100644
--- a/openvpn.changes
+++ b/openvpn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 22 16:35:27 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Drop rcFOO symlinks for CODE16 (PED-266).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 20 08:13:18 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/openvpn.spec b/openvpn.spec
index 74fb773..6ce6110 100644
--- a/openvpn.spec
+++ b/openvpn.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package openvpn
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/systemd/system/openvpn-server@.service
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/openvpn.conf
 install -D -m 644 %{name}.service %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/%{name}@.service
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}/%{_unitdir}/%{name}.target
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
 install -D -m 755 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
+%endif
 # tmpfiles.d
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE10} %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
@@ -212,7 +214,9 @@ find sample -name .gitignore -delete
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.target
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 %dir %attr(0750,root,root) %ghost %{_rundir}/openvpn/
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
 %{_sbindir}/rcopenvpn
+%endif
 %{_sbindir}/openvpn
 
 %files down-root-plugin