diff --git a/releases/weekly/ChangeLog b/releases/weekly/ChangeLog
index 705bd3c9..ab9eb76e 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/ChangeLog
+++ b/releases/weekly/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
 # $Header: $
 
+  20 Feb 2011; Raúl Porcel <armin76@gentoo.org>
+  specs/alpha/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec,
+  specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec,
+  specs/sparc/sparc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec:
+  Leave rsync on alpha/ia64/sparc installcd
+
   19 Feb 2011; Raúl Porcel <armin76@gentoo.org>
   kconfig/alpha/installcd-2.6.34.config,
   kconfig/alpha/installcd-2.6.34.nolsa.config:
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
index 96ebde8c..c12d108b 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/alpha/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ livecd/unmerge:
 	dev-libs/gmp
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/mpfr
-	dev-libs/popt
+#	dev-libs/popt
 	dev-python/pycrypto
 	dev-util/pkgconfig
-	net-misc/rsync
+#	net-misc/rsync
 	perl-core/PodParser
 	perl-core/Test-Harness
 	sys-apps/debianutils
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ livecd/empty:
 	/etc/cron.weekly
 	/etc/logrotate.d
 	/etc/modules.autoload.d
-	/etc/rsync
+#	/etc/rsync
 	/etc/runlevels/single
 	/etc/skel
 	/lib/dev-state
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
index 1a0c298c..a0fc901a 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/ia64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ livecd/unmerge:
 	dev-libs/gmp
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/mpfr
-	dev-libs/popt
+#	dev-libs/popt
 	dev-python/pycrypto
 	dev-util/pkgconfig
-	net-misc/rsync
+#	net-misc/rsync
 	perl-core/PodParser
 	perl-core/Test-Harness
 	sys-apps/debianutils
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ livecd/empty:
 	/etc/cron.weekly
 	/etc/logrotate.d
 	/etc/modules.autoload.d
-	/etc/rsync
+#	/etc/rsync
 	/etc/runlevels/single
 	/etc/skel
 	/lib/dev-state
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/sparc/sparc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/sparc/sparc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
index 1aa3b644..a8c91d07 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/sparc/sparc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/sparc/sparc64/installcd-stage2-minimal.spec
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ livecd/unmerge:
 	dev-libs/gmp
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	dev-libs/mpfr
-	dev-libs/popt
+#	dev-libs/popt
 	dev-python/pycrypto
 	dev-util/pkgconfig
-	net-misc/rsync
+#	net-misc/rsync
 	perl-core/PodParser
 	perl-core/Test-Harness
 	sys-apps/debianutils
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ livecd/empty:
 	/etc/cron.weekly
 	/etc/logrotate.d
 	/etc/modules.autoload.d
-	/etc/rsync
+#	/etc/rsync
 	/etc/runlevels/single
 	/etc/skel
 	/lib/dev-state