diff --git a/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm b/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm
deleted file mode 100644
index bc6de5d3..00000000
--- a/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-[bdist_rpm]
-release = 1
-packager = ${maintainer}
-doc_files =
-${doc_files}
-build_requires = python3-setuptools
diff --git a/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm_requires b/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm_requires
deleted file mode 100644
index 55723a31..00000000
--- a/data/templates/setup.cfg/bdist_rpm_requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-requires =
-${rpm_requires}
diff --git a/l2tdevtools/dependency_writers/setup.py b/l2tdevtools/dependency_writers/setup.py
index 08894fbd..41e42fda 100644
--- a/l2tdevtools/dependency_writers/setup.py
+++ b/l2tdevtools/dependency_writers/setup.py
@@ -118,12 +118,8 @@ def Write(self):
     if self._project_definition.name.endswith('-kb'):
       python_module_name = ''.join([python_module_name[:-3], 'rc'])
 
-    python3_dependencies = self._dependency_helper.GetRPMRequires()
+    # TODO: handle data directory without yaml files.
 
-    formatted_rpm_requires = [
-          f'  {dependency:s}' for dependency in python3_dependencies]
-
-    has_data_directory = False
     package_data = []
     for data_file in glob.glob(
         f'{python_module_name:s}/**/*.yaml', recursive=True):
@@ -134,17 +130,12 @@ def Write(self):
       if data_file_directory:
         data_file = '/'.join([data_file_directory, data_file])
 
-      if data_file_directory == 'data':
-        has_data_directory = True
-      elif data_file not in package_data:
+      if data_file not in package_data:
         package_data.append(data_file)
 
     formatted_package_data = [
         f'  {data_file:s}' for data_file in sorted(package_data)]
 
-    # TODO: add support for has_data_directory
-    _ = has_data_directory
-
     scripts_directory = None
     if os.path.isdir('scripts'):
       scripts_directory = 'scripts'
@@ -177,7 +168,6 @@ def Write(self):
         'maintainer_name': maintainer_name,
         'package_data': '\n'.join(formatted_package_data),
         'python_module_name': python_module_name,
-        'rpm_requires': '\n'.join(formatted_rpm_requires),
         'scripts': '\n'.join(formatted_scripts),
         'version': version}
 
@@ -205,14 +195,6 @@ def Write(self):
           'sdist_test_data', template_mappings)
       file_content.append(template_data)
 
-    template_data = self._GenerateFromTemplate('bdist_rpm', template_mappings)
-    file_content.append(template_data)
-
-    if python3_dependencies:
-      template_data = self._GenerateFromTemplate(
-          'bdist_rpm_requires', template_mappings)
-      file_content.append(template_data)
-
     template_data = self._GenerateFromTemplate('bdist_wheel', template_mappings)
     file_content.append(template_data)
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f6ce3cb4..7f3d7c3d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -42,15 +42,5 @@ exclude =
   utils
 where = .
 
-[bdist_rpm]
-release = 1
-packager = Log2Timeline maintainers <log2timeline-maintainers@googlegroups.com>
-doc_files =
-  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-  AUTHORS
-  LICENSE
-  README
-build_requires = python3-setuptools
-
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1