diff --git a/releases/specs/ia64/stage1-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/ia64/stage1-systemd.spec
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index e98281ec..00000000
--- a/releases/specs/ia64/stage1-systemd.spec
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-subarch: ia64
-version_stamp: systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
-target: stage1
-rel_type: default
-profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/systemd
-snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
-source_subpath: default/stage3-ia64-systemd-latest
-compression_mode: pixz
-update_seed: yes
-update_seed_command: --update --deep --newuse @world
-portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
-portage_prefix: releng
diff --git a/releases/specs/ia64/stage3-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/ia64/stage3-systemd.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 334ab50a..00000000
--- a/releases/specs/ia64/stage3-systemd.spec
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-subarch: ia64
-version_stamp: systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
-target: stage3
-rel_type: default
-profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/systemd
-snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
-source_subpath: default/stage1-ia64-systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
-compression_mode: pixz
-portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
-portage_prefix: releng
-binrepo_path: ia64/binpackages/17.0/ia64