diff --git a/shared-mime-info.changes b/shared-mime-info.changes
index f69ad0f..1c2308d 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.changes
+++ b/shared-mime-info.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 19 18:08:38 UTC 2020 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Revert the previous change, we should not own
+  /usr/share/mime/application: ref the spec upstream, this is
+  wrong. Any application depending on this previous error needs to
+  be fixed on a individual basis. Upstream ref: 
+  https://specifications.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime-info-spec-0.18.html#idm45709761658688
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 11 08:39:01 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 189c3a8..9309e1d 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ This package contains:
 
 %install
 %meson_install
-# we also deliver %{_datadir}/mime/application directory - many other packages install files in there
-if [ ! -d %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/mime/application ]; then mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/mime/application; fi
 %find_lang %{name} %{?no_lang_C}
 # Install rpm macros
 install -D -m644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.shared-mime-info