diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index 7ef4de7..5312d76 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/ru.KOI8-R/
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/it.ISO8859-1/
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/it.UTF-8/
 
+# remove unnecessary files
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/vim.desktop
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/locolor
+
 # and move russian manpages to a place where they can be found
 mv %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/ru.UTF-8 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/ru