diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 97d4625..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-arts_output-0.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 805166b..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: xmms-arts
-# $Id$
-NAME := xmms-arts
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/arts_output-0.6.0-buffer.patch b/arts_output-0.6.0-buffer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a770978..0000000
--- a/arts_output-0.6.0-buffer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- arts_output-0.6.0/audio.c.foo	2003-09-08 15:54:58.000000000 -0400
-+++ arts_output-0.6.0/audio.c	2003-09-08 15:55:04.000000000 -0400
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- 
- 	memset(&artsxmms_cfg, 0, sizeof (artsxmms_cfg));
- 
--	artsxmms_cfg.buffer_size = 400;
-+	artsxmms_cfg.buffer_size = 1000;
- 	
- 	cfgfile = xmms_cfg_open_default_file();
- 	xmms_cfg_read_int(cfgfile, "arts", "buffer_size",
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49b6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2015-10-07: Retired orphaned package, because it was not built.
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
deleted file mode 100644
index c33ce0e..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6d028255ed86e37211bbda0122c14483  arts_output-0.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/xmms-arts.spec b/xmms-arts.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 36219a3..0000000
--- a/xmms-arts.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-Summary: X MultiMedia System output plugin for the aRts sound system
-Name: xmms-arts
-Version: 0.7.1
-Release: 9
-License: GPLv2
-Group: Applications/Multimedia
-URL: http://www.xmms.org/
-Source: http://havardk.xmms.org/plugins/arts_output/arts_output-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch: arts_output-0.6.0-buffer.patch
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
-Requires: xmms-libs
-BuildRequires: xmms-devel, arts-devel > 1.2.0-1.5
-Conflicts: arts < 1.2.0-1.5
-Conflicts: xmms < 1:1.2.10-15
-
-%description
-X MultiMedia System output plugin to use aRts (analog real-time synthesizer),
-the KDE sound system.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n arts_output-%{version}
-# Bump up the default buffer size to avoid audio artifacts
-%patch -p1 -b .buffer
-
-
-%build
-%configure
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
-%{__make} install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
-
-
-%clean
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README 
-%{_bindir}/xmms-arts-helper
-%exclude %{_libdir}/xmms/Output/libarts.la
-%{_libdir}/xmms/Output/libarts.so
-
-
-%changelog
-* Mon Jul 27 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.1-9
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Feb 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.1-8
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.1-7
-- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
-
-* Thu Aug 23 2007 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-6
-- Rebuild for new BuildID feature.
-
-* Sun Aug  5 2007 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-5
-- Update License field.
-- Remove dist tag, since the package will seldom change.
-
-* Mon Aug 28 2006 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-4
-- FC6 rebuild.
-
-* Wed May 31 2006 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-3
-- Fix problems reported by Ville in #193600 : Require explicitly xmms-libs,
-  don't own the Output/ directory and exclude the .la file.
-- Add dist tag to the release.
-
-* Mon Feb 13 2006 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-2
-- Add missing make call in %%build.
-
-* Thu Apr 14 2005 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 0.7.1-1
-- Split off xmms-arts from the main xmms package.
-