diff --git a/opal-prd.spec b/opal-prd.spec
index 59a2b6f..b1f64a3 100644
--- a/opal-prd.spec
+++ b/opal-prd.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		opal-prd
 Version:	6.8
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	OPAL Processor Recovery Diagnostics Daemon
 
 License:	ASL 2.0
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ ExclusiveArch:	ppc64le
 BuildRequires:	systemd
 BuildRequires:	openssl
 BuildRequires:	gcc
-%if 0%{?fedora}
-BuildRequires:	gcc-powerpc64-linux-gnu
-%endif
 BuildRequires:	openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:	python3-devel
 
@@ -48,14 +45,6 @@ an interface to query or modify the registers of the different chipsets
 of an OpenPower system. 'pflash' is a tool to access the flash modules
 on such systems and update the OpenPower firmware.
 
-%package -n	opal-firmware
-Summary:	OPAL firmware
-BuildArch:	noarch
-
-%description -n	opal-firmware
-OPAL firmware, aka skiboot, loads the bootloader and provides runtime
-services to the OS (Linux) on IBM Power and OpenPower systems.
-
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n %{project}-%{version}
@@ -68,14 +57,6 @@ PFLASH_VERSION=%{version}   make V=1 CC="gcc" CFLAGS="%{build_cflags}" LDFLAGS="
 XSCOM_VERSION=%{version}    make V=1 CC="gcc" CFLAGS="%{build_cflags}" LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}" -C external/xscom-utils
 FFSPART_VERSION=%{version}  make V=1 CC="gcc" CFLAGS="%{build_cflags}" LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags}" -C external/ffspart
 
-# build skiboot with a cross-compiler on Fedora and with system compiler otherwise
-# and always use upstream compiler flags for the firmware (no CFLAGS override)
-%if 0%{?fedora}
-SKIBOOT_VERSION=%{version} make V=1 CROSS="powerpc64-linux-gnu-"
-%else
-SKIBOOT_VERSION=%{version} make V=1 CROSS=
-%endif
-
 
 %install
 OPAL_PRD_VERSION=%{version} make -C external/opal-prd install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} prefix=/usr
@@ -87,10 +68,6 @@ FFSPART_VERSION=%{version}  make -C external/ffspart install DESTDIR=%{buildroot
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
 install -m 644 -p external/opal-prd/opal-prd.service %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/opal-prd.service
 
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/qemu
-install -m 644 -p skiboot.lid %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/qemu/skiboot.lid
-install -m 644 -p skiboot.lid.xz %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/qemu/skiboot.lid.xz
-
 # log opal-prd messages to /var/log/opal-prd.log
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/{rsyslog.d,logrotate.d}
 install -m 644 -p %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/rsyslog.d/opal-prd.conf
@@ -135,14 +112,12 @@ install -m 644 -p %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ffspart.1
 %{python3_sitelib}/ppc/
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
-%files -n opal-firmware
-%doc README.md
-%license LICENCE
-%{_datadir}/qemu/
-
 
 %changelog
-* Mon May 31 2021 Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 6.8
+* Mon Jul 12 2021 Dan Horák <dan@danny.cz> - 6.8-2
+- drop the firmware subpackage
+
+* Mon May 31 2021 Vasant Hegde <hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 6.8-1
 - update to 6.8
 
 * Wed May 26 2021 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 6.7.1-4