diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e32ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This package was retired on 2013-03-11 due to a lack of a willing Fedora maintainer.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index e4b0390..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-067186abed04ffd5b5788ae8edfe035d  xml-writer-0.2.zip
diff --git a/xml-writer.patch b/xml-writer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index edafef2..0000000
--- a/xml-writer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- build.xml.old	2009-06-28 15:56:41.909700226 +0200
-+++ build.xml	2009-06-28 15:56:54.346542177 +0200
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
- </target>
- 
- <target name="compile" depends="prepare">
-- <javac srcdir="src" destdir="classes" filtering="on"/>
-+ <javac srcdir="src" destdir="classes"/>
- </target>
- 
- <target name="jar" depends="compile">
diff --git a/xml-writer.spec b/xml-writer.spec
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index aa621aa..0000000
--- a/xml-writer.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-Name:           xml-writer
-Version:        0.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
-Summary:        Java filter class designed to work with SAX2
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-License:        Public Domain
-URL:            http://www.megginson.com/
-Source0:        http://www.megginson.com/downloads/xml-writer-0.2.zip
-# The filtering attribute is not supported by javac (IcedTea 1.6, at least). Remove it.
-Patch0:         xml-writer.patch
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildRequires:     ant
-BuildRequires:     java-devel >= 1:1.6.0
-BuildRequires:     jpackage-utils
-Requires:          java >= 1:1.6.0
-Requires:          jpackage-utils
-
-%description
-With this filter one can use it to take a snapshot of
-any point in a SAX2 filter chain, as well as serializing the final
-result to XML (this may be important for auditing as well).
-
-
-%package javadoc
-Summary:           Javadocs for xml-writer
-Group:             Documentation
-Requires:          %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description javadoc
-xml-writer development documentation.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0
-
-rm -f xml-writer.jar
-
-%build
-ant clean jar javadoc
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-# jar
-install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}
-install -m644 %{name}.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}-%{version}.jar
-ln -s %{name}-%{version}.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
-
-# javadoc
-install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}-%{version}
-cp -rp docs/javadoc/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}-%{version}
-ln -s %{name}-%{version} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc COPYING README ChangeLog BUGS
-%{_javadir}/%{name}-%{version}.jar
-%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
-
-%files javadoc
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_javadocdir}/%{name}-%{version}/
-%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-
-
-%changelog
-* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.2-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Sep 21 2009 Sandro Mathys <red at fedoraproject.org> - 0.2-2
-- fixed issues that were discovered in the review process
-
-* Sun Jun 28 2009 Sandro Mathys <red at fedoraproject.org> - 0.2-1
-- initial build