diff --git a/afraid-dyndns.F10.patch b/afraid-dyndns.F10.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e196bd4..0000000
--- a/afraid-dyndns.F10.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Index: Makefile
-===================================================================
---- Makefile	(revision 2470)
-+++ Makefile	(revision 2471)
-@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
- install:
- 	install -Dpm 0755 afraid-dyndns ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/afraid-dyndns
--	install -DCm 0644 cron ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.d/afraid-dyndns
--	install -DCm 0644 conf ${DESTDIR}/etc/afraid-dyndns.conf
-+	install -Dpm 0644 cron ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.d/afraid-dyndns
-+	install -Dpm 0644 conf ${DESTDIR}/etc/afraid-dyndns.conf
- 	install -dpm 0755 ${DESTDIR}/var/cache/afraid-dyndns
- 	touch ${DESTDIR}/var/cache/afraid-dyndns/IP
diff --git a/afraid-dyndns.spec b/afraid-dyndns.spec
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index ef58ba3..0000000
--- a/afraid-dyndns.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-Name:      afraid-dyndns
-Version:   1.1
-Release:   5%{?dist}
-Summary:   A dynamic DNS client for the free service afraid.org
-Group:     System Environment/Daemons
-License:   GPLv3+
-URL:       http://perl.arix.com
-Source0:   ftp://arix.com/afraid-dyndns-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch:    %{name}.F10.patch
-BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
-BuildArch: noarch
-
-%description
-This utility implements a client for the free afraid.org dynamic DNS
-service. A cron job is set up to check whether the external IP address
-has changed, and when it does, connects to afraid.org and updates the
-DNS entries of all the domains of the given account.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-%if 0%{?fedora} <= 10
-%patch -p0 -b .orig
-%endif
-
-%build
-
-%install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-./install %{buildroot}
-
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc README LICENSE
-%{_bindir}/*
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/afraid-dyndns.conf
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cron.d/afraid-dyndns
-%dir %{_localstatedir}/cache/afraid-dyndns
-%ghost %{_localstatedir}/cache/afraid-dyndns/IP
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Oct 15 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.1-1
-- modifications for OSX support
-
-* Sat Oct 03 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.0-5
-- fix to application of patch, which breaks with the error 'missing header for unified diff at line 5 of patch
-
-* Sat Oct 03 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.0-4
-- fixed broken reference to patch
-
-* Sat Oct 03 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.0-3
-- added patch to fix issue with Makefile for F10
-
-* Sun Sep 27 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.0-2
-- tarball extension changed
-
-* Sat Sep 12 2009 Erick Calder <rpm@arix.com> - 1.0-1
-- Initial build
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
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f4fe36..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-38ca9be1d2ab409fe472524df53c8806  afraid-dyndns-1.1.tar.gz