diff --git a/aaa_base.changes b/aaa_base.changes
index f39a52d..5ad3b6a 100644
--- a/aaa_base.changes
+++ b/aaa_base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  4 11:15:19 UTC 2020 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
+
+- Don't create/ship halt.local, systemd support for it was dropped.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 04 09:14:39 UTC 2020 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/aaa_base.spec b/aaa_base.spec
index 0ac0690..82a7269 100644
--- a/aaa_base.spec
+++ b/aaa_base.spec
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ esac
 # make sure it does not creep in again
 test -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/root/.gnupg && exit 1
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d
-for i in boot.local after.local halt.local ; do
-  echo "#!bin/bash" > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/$i
-  chmod 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/$i
+for i in boot.local after.local ; do
+  touch $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/init.d/$i
 done
 #
 install -d -m 755 %buildroot%{_libexecdir}/initscripts/legacy-actions
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}
 %config /etc/ttytype
 %ghost /etc/init.d/boot.local
 %ghost /etc/init.d/after.local
-%ghost /etc/init.d/halt.local
 %ghost %config /etc/inittab
 # don't forget to also change aaa_base.post, boot.cleanup
 # and /etc/permissions!