diff --git a/xmodmap.changes b/xmodmap.changes
index ed23ed4..5c5e3e0 100644
--- a/xmodmap.changes
+++ b/xmodmap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  8 09:51:56 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- reverted move to /usr/etc/X11 for now (boo#1173053, comment#3)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  5 01:22:15 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xmodmap.spec b/xmodmap.spec
index 5ffc315..c32454b 100644
--- a/xmodmap.spec
+++ b/xmodmap.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #
 
 
+%define UsrEtcMove 0
+
 Name:           xmodmap
 Version:        1.0.10
 Release:        0
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %make_install
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550 && 0%{UsrEtcMove}
 install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_distconfdir}/X11/Xmodmap
 install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_distconfdir}/X11/Xmodmap.remote
 %else
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ install -m0644 -D %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/X11/Xmodmap.remote
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README.md
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550 && 0%{UsrEtcMove}
 %dir %{_distconfdir}/X11
 %{_distconfdir}/X11/Xmodmap
 %{_distconfdir}/X11/Xmodmap.remote