diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 11d28b6..d991e84 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Group: System Environment/Libraries
 # make-no-dlcompatorsrp-tarball.sh removes the "dlcompat" subdirectory and builds a
 # new tarball.
 Source0: cyrus-sasl-%{version}-nodlcompatorsrp.tar.gz
-Source4: saslauthd.init
 Source5: saslauthd.service
 Source7: sasl-mechlist.c
 Source8: sasl-checkpass.c
@@ -160,15 +159,6 @@ Summary: GS2 support for Cyrus SASL
 The %{name}-gs2 package contains the Cyrus SASL plugin which supports
 the GS2 authentication scheme.
 
-%package sysvinit
-Summary: The SysV initscript to manage the cyrus SASL authd.
-Group: System Environment/Daemons
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description sysvinit
-The %{name}-sysvinit package contains the SysV init script to manage
-the cyrus SASL authd when running a legacy SysV-compatible init system.
-
 ###
 
 
@@ -322,7 +312,6 @@ install -m755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/run/saslauthd
 
 # Install the init script for saslauthd and the init script's config file.
 install -m755 -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rc.d/init.d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig
-install -m755 -p %{SOURCE4} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd
 install -d -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
 install -m644 -p %{SOURCE5} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/saslauthd.service
 install -m644 -p %{SOURCE9} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
@@ -440,9 +429,6 @@ getent passwd %{username} >/dev/null || useradd -r -g %{username} -d %{homedir}
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 %{_sbindir}/sasl2-shared-mechlist
 
-%files sysvinit
-/etc/rc.d/init.d/saslauthd
-
 %changelog
 * Mon Dec 10 2012 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> 2.1.25-2
 - always use the current external Berkeley DB when linking
diff --git a/saslauthd.init b/saslauthd.init
deleted file mode 100755
index 6983e8d..0000000
--- a/saslauthd.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-#
-# saslauthd      Start/Stop the SASL authentication daemon
-#
-# chkconfig: - 65 10
-# description: Saslauthd is a server process which handles plaintext \
-#              authentication requests on behalf of the cyrus-sasl library.
-# processname: saslauthd
-
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides: saslauthd
-# Required-Start: $local_fs $network
-# Required-Stop: $local_fs $network
-# Short-Description: Start/Stop the SASL authentication daemon
-# Description: Saslauthd is a server process which handles plaintext
-#              authentication requests on behalf of the cyrus-sasl library.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/init.d/functions
-
-# Source our configuration file for these variables.
-SOCKETDIR=/var/run/saslauthd
-MECH=shadow
-FLAGS=
-if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd ] ; then
-	. /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd
-fi
-
-RETVAL=0
-
-# Set up some common variables before we launch into what might be
-# considered boilerplate by now.
-prog=saslauthd
-path=/usr/sbin/saslauthd
-lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$prog
-pidfile=/var/run/saslauthd/saslauthd.pid
-
-start() {
-	[ -x $path ] || exit 5
-	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-	daemon $DAEMONOPTS $path -m $SOCKETDIR -a $MECH $FLAGS
-	RETVAL=$?
-	echo
-	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
-	return $RETVAL
-}
-
-stop() {
-	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
-	killproc $prog
-	RETVAL=$?
-	echo
-	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
-	return $RETVAL
-}	
-
-restart() {
-  	stop
-	start
-}	
-
-reload() {
-	restart
-}
-
-force_reload() {
-	restart
-}
-
-rh_status() {
-	# run checks to determine if the service is running or use generic status
-	status -p $pidfile $prog
-}
-
-rh_status_q() {
-	rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
-}            
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	rh_status_q && exit 0
-  	start
-	;;
-  stop)
-	rh_status_q || exit 0
-  	stop
-	;;
-  restart)
-  	restart
-	;;
-  reload)
-	rh_status_q || exit 7
-	reload
-	;;
-  force-reload)
-	force_reload
-	;;
-  status)
-	rh_status
-	;;
-  condrestart|try-restart)
-	rh_status_q || exit 0
-	restart
-	;;
-  *)
-	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
-	exit 2
-esac
-
-exit $?