diff --git a/xdm.changes b/xdm.changes
index 0a9ce12..f326a94 100644
--- a/xdm.changes
+++ b/xdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 13 05:31:18 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- just don't "package" pid file. It's called xdm.pid, so it's pretty
+  obvious what package it is from
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 24 12:01:16 UTC 2014 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xdm.spec b/xdm.spec
index c35e696..dc5e70a 100644
--- a/xdm.spec
+++ b/xdm.spec
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ chmod 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcxdm
 %{_localstatedir}/adm/fillup-templates/sysconfig.displaymanager
 %{_localstatedir}/lib/xdm/authdir/
 %ghost %{_localstatedir}/log/xdm.errors
-%ghost %{_localstatedir}/run/xdm.pid
 %{_bindir}/chooser
 %{_bindir}/xdm
 %{_bindir}/xdmshell