diff --git a/shim.changes b/shim.changes
index 400bdd6..83dd4b7 100644
--- a/shim.changes
+++ b/shim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  8 11:18:36 UTC 2014 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- don't fail the build if the UEFI signing service signature can't
+  be attached anymore. This way shim can still pass through staging
+  projects. We will verify the correct signature for release builds
+  using openQA instead.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug  4 07:53:22 UTC 2014 - mchang@suse.com
 
diff --git a/shim.spec b/shim.spec
index 68eb52b..6363fd4 100644
--- a/shim.spec
+++ b/shim.spec
@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ for suffix in "${suffixes[@]}"; do
 	cat hash1 hash2
 	if ! cmp -s hash1 hash2; then
 		echo "ERROR: $suffix binary changed, need to request new signature!"
-		# don't fail in devel projects
-		prj="%{_project}"
-		if [ "${prj%%%:*}" = "openSUSE" -o "${prj%%%:*}" = "SUSE" ]; then
-			false
-		fi
 		mv shim.efi.bak shim-$suffix.efi
 		rm shim.efi
 	else