diff --git a/man.changes b/man.changes
index 34f9b8f..bb68661 100644
--- a/man.changes
+++ b/man.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  9 09:40:48 UTC 2020 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
+
+- Don't mark /etc/alternatives files as %config as that would lead
+  to stale symlinks on uninstall
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  6 08:48:22 UTC 2019 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/man.spec b/man.spec
index cbc075b..c0c5bdb 100644
--- a/man.spec
+++ b/man.spec
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ fi
 %if 0%{suse_version} < 1500
 %attr(0744,root,root) /etc/cron.daily/suse-do_mandb
 %endif
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/man
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/apropos
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/whatis
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/man.1%{ext_man}
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/apropos.1%{ext_man}
-%ghost %config %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/whatis.1%{ext_man}
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/man
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/apropos
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/whatis
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/man.1%{ext_man}
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/apropos.1%{ext_man}
+%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/whatis.1%{ext_man}
 %{_bindir}/man
 %{_bindir}/apropos
 %{_bindir}/whatis