diff --git a/qemu b/qemu
deleted file mode 100644
index 698d43aa..00000000
--- a/qemu
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/permissions.d/qemu
-
-# qemu / kvm (bnc#765948)
-/usr/lib/qemu-bridge-helper                             root:root         4755
-/usr/lib64/qemu-bridge-helper                           root:root         4755
diff --git a/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc b/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
index fc521fb9..712d57d8 100644
--- a/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
+++ b/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This line is mandatory to access the configuration functions
 from Config import *
 
-setBadness('permissions-unauthorized-file', 0)
+setBadness('permissions-file-setuid-bit', 0)
diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index 2ed7a5d5..14f56bd2 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 13 13:44:28 UTC 2012 - brogers@suse.com
+
+- don't use permissions.d
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 13 08:19:01 UTC 2012 - agraf@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu.paranoid b/qemu.paranoid
deleted file mode 100644
index 97e8421d..00000000
--- a/qemu.paranoid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/permissions.d/qemu.paranoid
-
-# qemu / kvm (bnc#765948)
-/usr/lib/qemu-bridge-helper                             root:root         0755
-/usr/lib64/qemu-bridge-helper                           root:root         0755
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 1303f92e..c64b7c1d 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ Patch0023:      0023-linux-user-Ignore-broken-loop-ioctl.patch
 Source300:      rpmlintrc
 Source301:      qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
 Source302:      bridge.conf
-Source303:      qemu
-Source304:      qemu.paranoid
 Source400:      update_git.sh
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ as PC and PowerMac systems.
 Summary:        Universal CPU emulator -- Tools
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 Provides:       qemu:%_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
-Requires:       permissions
+PreReq:         permissions
 
 %description tools
 QEMU is an extremely well-performing CPU emulator that allows you to
@@ -211,8 +209,6 @@ install -m 755 scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_sbindir
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libexecdir
 install -m 755 dynamic/qemu-bridge-helper $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libexecdir
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE302} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/qemu/bridge.conf
-install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE303} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/permissions.d/qemu
-install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE304} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/permissions.d/qemu.paranoid
 %ifnarch %ix86 x86_64
 ln -sf ../../../emul/ia32-linux $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qemu/qemu-i386
 %endif
@@ -256,8 +252,6 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %_bindir/qemu-io
 %verify(not mode) %attr(4755, root, root) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
 %config %_sysconfdir/%name/bridge.conf
-%config %attr(644,root,root) %_sysconfdir/permissions.d/qemu
-%config %attr(644,root,root) %_sysconfdir/permissions.d/qemu.paranoid
 
 %files linux-user
 %defattr(-, root, root)
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index 6b565902..5d8c037b 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ PATCH_FILES
 Source300:      rpmlintrc
 Source301:      qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
 Source302:      bridge.conf
-Source303:      qemu
-Source304:      qemu.paranoid
 Source400:      update_git.sh
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ as PC and PowerMac systems.
 Summary:        Universal CPU emulator -- Tools
 Group:          System/Emulators/PC
 Provides:       qemu:%_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
-Requires:       permissions
+PreReq:         permissions
 
 %description tools
 QEMU is an extremely well-performing CPU emulator that allows you to
@@ -167,8 +165,6 @@ install -m 755 scripts/qemu-binfmt-conf.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_sbindir
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libexecdir
 install -m 755 dynamic/qemu-bridge-helper $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libexecdir
 install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE302} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/qemu/bridge.conf
-install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE303} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/permissions.d/qemu
-install -D -m 644 %{SOURCE304} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/permissions.d/qemu.paranoid
 %ifnarch %ix86 x86_64
 ln -sf ../../../emul/ia32-linux $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/qemu/qemu-i386
 %endif
@@ -212,8 +208,6 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %_bindir/qemu-io
 %verify(not mode) %attr(4755, root, root) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
 %config %_sysconfdir/%name/bridge.conf
-%config %attr(644,root,root) %_sysconfdir/permissions.d/qemu
-%config %attr(644,root,root) %_sysconfdir/permissions.d/qemu.paranoid
 
 %files linux-user
 %defattr(-, root, root)