diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d8c83a4..24f0b24 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	$(NULL)
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/.version
-EXTRA_DIST = git-version-gen osmoappdesc.py .version contrib/osmo-e1-recorder.spec.in
+EXTRA_DIST = git-version-gen osmoappdesc.py .version
 
 AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
 	--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$$dc_install_base/$(systemdsystemunitdir)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3effcde..250649d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -192,5 +192,4 @@
     doc/Makefile
     tests/Makefile
     doc/examples/Makefile
-    contrib/osmo-e1-recorder.spec
     Makefile)
diff --git a/contrib/osmo-e1-recorder.spec.in b/contrib/osmo-e1-recorder.spec.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e7f1dba..0000000
--- a/contrib/osmo-e1-recorder.spec.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#
-# spec file for package osmo-e1-recorder
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018, Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
-#
-# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
-# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
-# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
-# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
-# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
-# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
-# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
-# published by the Open Source Initiative.
-
-Name:           osmo-e1-recorder
-Version:        @VERSION@
-Release:        0
-Summary:        Osmocom E1/T1 span recorder
-License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
-Group:          Productivity/Telephony/Utilities
-URL:            https://gitea.osmocom.org/cellular-infrastructure/osmo-e1-recorder
-Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  autoconf-archive
-BuildRequires:  automake
-BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmoabis)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmocore)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmogsm)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libosmovty)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(talloc)
-
-%description
-The idea of this program is to be able to passively record E1/T1 based
-communications for purposes of data analysis.
-
-Recording of a single E1 link always requires two E1 interface cards,
-one for each direction.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-%build
-echo "%{version}" >.tarball-version
-autoreconf -fi
-%configure \
-  --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-%install
-%make_install
-
-%check
-make %{?_smp_mflags} check
-
-%files
-%doc README
-%{_docdir}/osmo-e1-recorder/examples/osmo-e1-recorder.cfg
-%dir %{_docdir}/%{name}/examples
-%{_docdir}/%{name}/examples/osmo-e1-recorder.cfg
-%dir %{_sysconfdir}/osmocom
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/osmocom/osmo-e1-recorder.cfg
-%{_bindir}//hdlc-test
-%{_bindir}/osmo-e1-recorder
-%{_bindir}/osmo-e1cap-dump
-
-%changelog