diff --git a/subversion.changes b/subversion.changes
index c7050c1..a4132b1 100644
--- a/subversion.changes
+++ b/subversion.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 15 14:37:29 UTC 2017 - nmoudra@suse.com
+
+- Deleted all xinetd related entries as it is not desired anymore
+  * its obsolete due to socket based service
+  * socket based service is not needed at this pkg
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 13 10:28:41 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index df32ebf..7e83fd1 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Source2:        subversion.README.SUSE
 Source4:        contrib-1485350.tar.bz2
 Source10:       subversion.sysconfig.svnserve
 Source12:       subversion.sysconfig.svnserve.remoteaccess
-Source13:       subversion.xinetd.svnserve
 Source14:       svnserve.service
 Source15:       svnserve.tmpfiles
 Source42:       subversion.svngrep.sh
@@ -134,8 +133,8 @@ to large-scale enterprise operations.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development package for Subversion developers
-Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 # this pulls in libapr1-devel and libexpat-devel
+Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       libapr-util1-devel
 Requires:       subversion = %{version}
 
@@ -355,7 +354,6 @@ ln -sf svnbench %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/svn-bench
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/sbin
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates
-install -m 644 -D %{SOURCE13} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/svnserve
 install -m 644 -D %{SOURCE10} %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.svnserve
 install -m 644 -D %{SOURCE12} %{buildroot}/%{_fwdefdir}/svnserve
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}/srv/svn
@@ -451,7 +449,6 @@ systemd-tmpfiles --create %{_tmpfilesdir}/svnserve.conf
 %doc README.SUSE BUGS CHANGES LICENSE README.mod_authz_svn
 %dir %{_docdir}/%{name}/*
 %{_docdir}/%{name}
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/xinetd.d/svnserve
 %{_sbindir}/rcsvnserve
 %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.svnserve
 %dir %attr(755,%{svnuser},%{svngroup}) /srv/svn
diff --git a/subversion.xinetd.svnserve b/subversion.xinetd.svnserve
deleted file mode 100644
index 2368fd1..0000000
--- a/subversion.xinetd.svnserve
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# default: off
-# description: readonly access to a subversion repository
-
-service svn
-{
-	disable         = yes
-	socket_type     = stream
-	protocol        = tcp
-	wait            = no
-	user            = svn
-	group           = svn
-	groups          = yes
-	server          = /usr/bin/svnserve
-	server_args     = --read-only --root=/srv/svn/repos --inetd
-}