diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d6ab53..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Build the openSUSE bluez package
-
-   * copy the `_service` into your new OBS project directory
-   * `osc service disabledrun`
-   * `osc build`
-
-That's it.
-
diff --git a/_service b/_service
deleted file mode 100644
index 652b3de..0000000
--- a/_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<services>
-  <service name="obs_scm" mode="disabled">
-    <param name="url">https://github.com/seifes-opensuse-packages/bluez.git</param>
-    <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="extract">*.*</param>
-    <param name="version">_none_</param>
-  </service>
-  <service mode="disabled" name="download_files"/>
-</services>
diff --git a/bluez.changes b/bluez.changes
index a48e0ff..ff1e8fd 100644
--- a/bluez.changes
+++ b/bluez.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 17 15:41:31 UTC 2020 - Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
+
+- Packaging: remove _service and accompanying README.md,
+  maintenance in git did not work out as well as intended.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 10 06:20:53 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/bluez.spec b/bluez.spec
index 0a102c3..4926073 100644
--- a/bluez.spec
+++ b/bluez.spec
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ Source:         http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-%{version}.tar.x
 #KEEP NOSOURCE DEBUGINFO
 Source5:        baselibs.conf
 Source7:        bluetooth.modprobe
-# unused in the package, but allows to use "extract *.*" in source service
-Source42:       README.md
-NoSource:       42
 # fix some logitech HID devices, bnc#681049, bnc#850478 --seife+obs@b1-systems.com
 Patch1:         bluez-5.11-logitech-hid2hci.patch
 Patch2:         bluez-sdp-unix-path.patch