diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2494b5d..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/api-2.2.0.zip
-/api-3.0.1.zip
-/api-3.2.0.zip
-/api-3.3.1.zip
-/api-3.4.1.zip
-/api-3.7.3.zip
-/api-3.8.0.zip
-/api-3.8.3.zip
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba93555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2017-05-10: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
diff --git a/remove-enunciate.patch b/remove-enunciate.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ba01f..0000000
--- a/remove-enunciate.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git zanata-common-api/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/VersionResource.java zanata-common-api/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/VersionResource.java
-index 260ca14..2499192 100644
---- zanata-common-api/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/VersionResource.java
-+++ zanata-common-api/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/VersionResource.java
-@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.codehaus.enunciate.jaxrs.TypeHint;
- import org.zanata.rest.MediaTypes;
- import org.zanata.rest.dto.VersionInfo;
-
--@org.codehaus.enunciate.modules.jersey.ExternallyManagedLifecycle
- @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
- @Consumes({ MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
- public interface VersionResource {
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 9d438bd..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8e15ed70924d367a3a06d02904cc58ed api-3.8.3.zip
diff --git a/zanata-api.spec b/zanata-api.spec
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index 20128ee..0000000
--- a/zanata-api.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-%global shortname api
-%global submodule zanata-common-%{shortname}
-%global findbugs_version 3.0.0
-%global java_ver_min 1.8.0
-%global jersey_ver_min 1.17.0
-%define hibernate_validator_ver %(rpm -q --qf "%%{version}" hibernate-validator)
-
-Name: zanata-%{shortname}
-Version: 3.8.3
-Release: 1%{?dist}
-Summary: Zanata API modules
-
-Group: Development/Libraries
-License: LGPLv2+
-URL: https://github.com/zanata/%{name}
-Source0: https://github.com/zanata/%{name}/archive/%{shortname}-%{version}.zip
-Patch0: remove-enunciate.patch
-
-BuildArch: noarch
-
-BuildRequires: enunciate-core-annotations
-BuildRequires: findbugs
-BuildRequires: groovy
-BuildRequires: maven-local
-BuildRequires: mvn(net.sourceforge.findbugs:annotations)
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.hibernate:hibernate-validator) >= 4
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-bom:pom:) >= 3.0.6
-BuildRequires: mvn(org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider) >= 3.0.6
-BuildRequires: zanata-parent >= 25-2
-BuildRequires: osgi(com.sun.jersey.core) >= %{jersey_ver_min}
-
-Requires: jpackage-utils
-Requires: jre >= %{java_ver_min}
-Requires: osgi(com.sun.jersey.core) >= %{jersey_ver_min}
-Requires: mvn(org.hibernate:hibernate-validator) >= 4
-Requires: mvn(org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-bom:pom:) >= 3.0.6
-Requires: mvn(org.jboss.resteasy:resteasy-multipart-provider) >= 3.0.6
-
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 22
-BuildRequires: hamcrest >= 1.3
-Requires: hamcrest >= 1.3
-%endif
-
-%if "%{?el6}"
-BuildRequires: java-%{java_ver_min}-openjdk-devel
-%else
-BuildRequires: java-devel >= %{java_ver_min}
-%endif
-
-%description
-Zanata API modules
-
-%package javadoc
-Summary: Javadocs for %{submodule}
-Group: Documentation
-Requires: jpackage-utils
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description javadoc
-This package contains the API documentation for %{submodule}.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{shortname}-%{version}
-%pom_remove_plugin :findbugs-maven-plugin
-%pom_remove_plugin :gmaven-plugin %{submodule}
-%pom_remove_plugin :maven-shade-plugin %{submodule}
-%pom_remove_plugin :maven-enunciate-plugin %{submodule}
-%pom_remove_dep org.codehaus.enunciate:enunciate-jersey-rt %{submodule}
-# We use the existing findbugs in fedora
-# We use the existing jsr-305 in fedora
-%pom_xpath_inject "pom:dependencies" "org.jsr-305ri" %{submodule}
-
-# delete enunciate stuff
-rm -rf %{submodule}/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/enunciate
-rm -rf %{submodule}/src/test/java/org/zanata/rest/enunciate
-rm -rf %{submodule}/src/test/java/org/zanata/rest/dto/
-rm -rf %{submodule}/src/test/java/org/zanata/rest/service/
-# remove groovy-all and spock
-%pom_remove_dep org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all %{submodule}
-%pom_remove_dep org.spockframework:spock-core %{submodule}
-
-# match version hibernate-validator
-%pom_xpath_set 'pom:dependencies/pom:dependency[pom:artifactId="hibernate-validator"]/pom:version' %{hibernate_validator_ver} %{submodule}
-
-%patch0
-echo "hibernate_validator_ver=%{hibernate_validator_ver}"
-
-%build
-# -Dmaven.local.debug=true
-#%mvn_build --skip-tests
-%mvn_build
-
-%install
-%mvn_install
-
-%files -f .mfiles
-%dir %{_javadir}/%{name}
-%doc README.txt
-
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Nov 20 2015 Ding-Yi Chen 3.8.3-1
-- Upgrade to upstream version 3.8.3
-
-* Wed Jul 01 2015 Ding-Yi Chen 3.8.0-1
-- Upgrade to upstream version 3.8.0
-- Require Java 1.8 now.
-
-* Wed Jul 01 2015 Ding-Yi Chen 3.7.3-1
-- Add hamcrest for F22 and later
-- Upgrade to upstream version 3.7.3
-
-* Fri Jun 19 2015 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.4.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jan 29 2015 Ding-Yi Chen 3.4.1-1
-- Upgrade to upstream version 3.4.1
-
-* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.3.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri May 30 2014 Patrick Huang - 3.3.1-1
-- Upgrade to upstream version 3.3.1
-
-* Fri Mar 28 2014 Michael Simacek - 3.2.0-3
-- Use Requires: java-headless rebuild (#1067528)
-
-* Fri Jan 17 2014 Patrick Huang 3.2.0-2
-- Add BR
-
-* Thu Jan 09 2014 Patrick Huang 3.2.0-1
-- Upstream update
-
-* Thu Aug 22 2013 Patrick Huang 3.0.1-1
-- Latest upstream version
-
-* Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.2.0-8
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri May 3 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-7
-- Remove javadoc subpackage require %{?_isa}
-
-* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-6
-- Change license to LGPLv2+ and add subpackage requires according to review
-
-* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-5
-- Add BR apache-james-project for f19-
-
-* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-4
-- Disable test in f19 due to hamcrest compatibility bug
-
-* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-3
-- Add conditional build for f19-
-
-* Wed Apr 17 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-2
-- Remove conditional build
-
-* Wed Feb 27 2013 Patrick Huang 2.2.0-1
-- Upstream update to version 2.2.0
-
-* Thu Feb 7 2013 Patrick Huang 2.1.0-1
-- Initial RPM package