diff --git a/_config b/_config
index 006b50d..9dafeae 100644
--- a/_config
+++ b/_config
@@ -3866,6 +3866,11 @@ BuildFlags: excludebuild:python-bokeh:test
 BuildFlags: excludebuild:python-dask:test-py311
 BuildFlags: excludebuild:python-fsspec:test
 
+%define _without_have_pyarrow 1
+Macros:
+%_without_have_pyarrow 1
+:Macros
+
 # aggregate packages on i586 from Workbench
 %ifarch i586 
 %if "%_repository" == "standard"
diff --git a/kernel-rt b/kernel-rt
deleted file mode 120000
index 7881713..0000000
--- a/kernel-rt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kernel-source-rt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel-rt_debug b/kernel-rt_debug
deleted file mode 120000
index 7881713..0000000
--- a/kernel-rt_debug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kernel-source-rt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel-syms-rt b/kernel-syms-rt
deleted file mode 120000
index 7881713..0000000
--- a/kernel-syms-rt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-kernel-source-rt
\ No newline at end of file