diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index cd67dae..2580322 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Url:            https://systemd.io
 # Allow users to specify the version and release when building the rpm by 
 # setting the %%version_override and %%release_override macros.
 Version:        %{?version_override}%{!?version_override:256}
-Release:        4%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)
 
@@ -887,6 +887,16 @@ mv -v %{buildroot}/usr/sbin/* %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 rm %{buildroot}/usr/lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf
 %endif
 
+# We don't want to ship systemd-ssh-generator and it is not possible to disable it via meson_options.txt
+rm %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config.d/20-systemd-userdb.conf
+rmdir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ssh/sshd_config.d/
+rm %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/sshd_config.d/20-systemd-userdb.conf
+rmdir %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/sshd_config.d/
+rm %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-ssh-generator
+rm %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/systemd/system/ssh-access.target
+rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/systemd-ssh-proxy.1
+rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/systemd-ssh-generator.8
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 # Split files in build root into rpms
@@ -1092,6 +1102,9 @@ rm -f .file-list-*
 rm -f %{name}.lang
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 17 2024 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 256-5
+- don't ship systemd-ssh-generator (RHEL-40924)
+
 * Tue Jul 16 2024 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 256-4
 - reenable systemd-firstboot (RHEL-48822)
 - don't create /var/log/journal (RHEL-40924)