diff --git a/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc b/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 712d57d8..00000000
--- a/qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# This line is mandatory to access the configuration functions
-from Config import *
-
-setBadness('permissions-file-setuid-bit', 0)
diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index 14f56bd2..7aef729f 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 14 14:39:57 UTC 2012 - afaerber@suse.de
+
+- revert qemu-bridge-helper mode change (cf. BNC#765948)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 13 13:44:28 UTC 2012 - brogers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index c64b7c1d..4492d5b2 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ Patch0022:      0022-use-libexecdir-instead-of-ignoring-.patch
 Patch0023:      0023-linux-user-Ignore-broken-loop-ioctl.patch
 # this is to make lint happy
 Source300:      rpmlintrc
-Source301:      qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
 Source302:      bridge.conf
 Source400:      update_git.sh
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %files tools
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %_bindir/qemu-io
-%verify(not mode) %attr(4755, root, root) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
+%verify(not mode) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
 %config %_sysconfdir/%name/bridge.conf
 
 %files linux-user
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index 5d8c037b..d3239b0b 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Source:         %name-%version-1.tar.bz2
 PATCH_FILES
 # this is to make lint happy
 Source300:      rpmlintrc
-Source301:      qemu-tools-rpmlintrc
 Source302:      bridge.conf
 Source400:      update_git.sh
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %files tools
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %_bindir/qemu-io
-%verify(not mode) %attr(4755, root, root) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
+%verify(not mode) %_libexecdir/qemu-bridge-helper
 %config %_sysconfdir/%name/bridge.conf
 
 %files linux-user