diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/api-2.2.0.zip
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2017-04-30: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
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+++ /dev/null
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-c63a447e8d53fd9ecfe7b8529f49abc5  api-2.2.0.zip
diff --git a/zanata-api.spec b/zanata-api.spec
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-%global shortname api
-%global submodule zanata-common-%{shortname}
-
-Name:           zanata-%{shortname}
-Version:        2.2.0
-Release:        7%{?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
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-BuildRequires:  maven-local
-BuildRequires:  maven-enforcer-plugin
-BuildRequires:  maven-surefire-provider-testng
-
-# dependencies in pom
-BuildRequires:  zanata-parent
-BuildRequires:  hamcrest
-BuildRequires:  testng
-
-# dependencies in zanata-common-api
-BuildRequires:  hibernate-validator
-BuildRequires:  jackson
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-codec
-BuildRequires:  resteasy
-%if 0%{?fedora} < 19
-BuildRequires:  apache-james-project
-%endif
-BuildRequires:  slf4j
-BuildRequires:  jboss-annotations-1.1-api
-
-
-Requires:       hibernate-validator
-Requires:       jackson
-Requires:       apache-commons-lang
-Requires:       apache-commons-codec
-Requires:       resteasy
-Requires:       slf4j
-Requires:       jboss-annotations-1.1-api
-
-Requires:       jpackage-utils
-Requires:       java
-
-%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 :maven-dependency-plugin %{submodule}
-
-%build
-
-# -Dmaven.local.debug=true
-#%mvn_build --skip-tests
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 19
-%mvn_build
-%endif
-%if 0%{?fedora} == 19
-%mvn_build --skip-tests
-%else
-mvn-rpmbuild package javadoc:aggregate -Dmaven.test.skip=true
-%endif
-
-%install
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
-%mvn_install
-%else
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}
-cp -p %{submodule}/target/%{submodule}*-%{version}.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{submodule}.jar
-
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-cp -rp target/site/apidocs $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{submodule}
-
-install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}
-install -pm 644 pom.xml  \
-        $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
-install -pm 644 %{submodule}/pom.xml  %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{submodule}.pom
-
-%add_maven_depmap JPP-%{name}.pom
-%add_maven_depmap JPP-%{submodule}.pom %{submodule}.jar
-%endif
-
-%files -f .mfiles
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
-%dir %{_javadir}/%{name}
-%endif
-%doc README.txt 
-
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 18
-%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
-%else
-%files javadoc
-%{_javadocdir}/%{submodule}
-%endif
-
-%changelog
-* Fri May 3 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-7
-- Remove javadoc subpackage require %{?_isa}
-
-* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-6
-- Change license to LGPLv2+ and add subpackage requires according to review
-
-* Tue Apr 23 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-5
-- Add BR apache-james-project for f19-
-
-* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-4
-- Disable test in f19 due to hamcrest compatibility bug
-
-* Mon Apr 22 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-3
-- Add conditional build for f19-
-
-* Wed Apr 17 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-2
-- Remove conditional build
-
-* Wed Feb 27 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.2.0-1
-- Upstream update to version 2.2.0
-
-* Thu Feb 7 2013 Patrick Huang <pahuang@redhat.com> 2.1.0-1
-- Initial RPM package