diff --git a/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.init.in b/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.init.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 7efee39f..00000000
--- a/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.init.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-#     RedHat system statup script for Jenkins
-#     Based on SUSE system statup script for Jenkins
-#     Copyright (C) 2007  Pascal Bleser
-#
-#     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#     under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-#     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
-#     your option) any later version.
-#
-#     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-#     Lesser General Public License for more details.
-#
-#     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-#     License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-#     Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
-#     USA.
-#
-###############################################################################
-#
-# chkconfig: 35 99 01
-# description: @@SUMMARY@@
-#
-###############################################################################
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-# Required-Start:    $local_fs $remote_fs $network $time $named
-# Should-Start: $time sendmail
-# Required-Stop:     $local_fs $remote_fs $network $time $named
-# Should-Stop: $time sendmail
-# Default-Start:     3 5
-# Default-Stop:      0 1 2 6
-# Short-Description: @@SUMMARY@@
-# Description:       @@SUMMARY@@
-### END INIT INFO
-
-# Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen)
-JENKINS_WAR="~~WAR~~"
-test -r "$JENKINS_WAR" || {
-	echo "$JENKINS_WAR not installed"
-	if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
-		exit 0
-	else
-		exit 5
-	fi
-}
-
-# Check for existence of needed config file and read it
-JENKINS_CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-test -e "$JENKINS_CONFIG" || {
-	echo "$JENKINS_CONFIG not existing"
-	if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
-		exit 0
-	else
-		exit 6
-	fi
-}
-test -r "$JENKINS_CONFIG" || {
-	echo "$JENKINS_CONFIG not readable. Perhaps you forgot 'sudo'?"
-	if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
-		exit 0
-	else
-		exit 6
-	fi
-}
-
-JENKINS_PID_FILE="/var/run/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@.pid"
-JENKINS_LOCKFILE="/var/lock/subsys/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@"
-
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/init.d/functions
-
-# Read config
-[ -f "$JENKINS_CONFIG" ] && . "$JENKINS_CONFIG"
-
-# Set up environment accordingly to the configuration settings
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HOME" ] || {
-	echo "JENKINS_HOME not configured in $JENKINS_CONFIG"
-	if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
-		exit 0
-	else
-		exit 6
-	fi
-}
-[ -d "$JENKINS_HOME" ] || {
-	echo "JENKINS_HOME directory does not exist: $JENKINS_HOME"
-	if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
-		exit 0
-	else
-		exit 1
-	fi
-}
-
-# Search usable Java as /usr/bin/java might not point to minimal version required by Jenkins.
-# see http://www.nabble.com/guinea-pigs-wanted-----Hudson-RPM-for-RedHat-Linux-td25673707.html
-candidates="
-/etc/alternatives/java
-/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0/bin/java
-/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0/bin/java
-/usr/lib/jvm/java-11.0/bin/java
-/usr/lib/jvm/jre-11.0/bin/java
-/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
-/usr/bin/java
-"
-for candidate in $candidates; do
-	[ -x "$JENKINS_JAVA_CMD" ] && break
-	JENKINS_JAVA_CMD="$candidate"
-done
-
-PARAMS="--logfile=/var/log/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@.log --webroot=/var/cache/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@/war"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_PORT" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpPort=$JENKINS_PORT"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_LISTEN_ADDRESS" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpListenAddress=$JENKINS_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTPS_PORT" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpsPort=$JENKINS_HTTPS_PORT"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpsKeyStore='$JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE'"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpsKeyStorePassword='$JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD'"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTPS_LISTEN_ADDRESS" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --httpsListenAddress=$JENKINS_HTTPS_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTP2_PORT" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --http2Port=$JENKINS_HTTP2_PORT"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_HTTP2_LISTEN_ADDRESS" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --http2ListenAddress=$JENKINS_HTTP2_LISTEN_ADDRESS"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_DEBUG_LEVEL" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS --debug=$JENKINS_DEBUG_LEVEL"
-[ -n "$JENKINS_ARGS" ] && PARAMS="$PARAMS $JENKINS_ARGS"
-
-if [ "$JENKINS_ENABLE_ACCESS_LOG" = "yes" ]; then
-	PARAMS="$PARAMS --accessLoggerClassName=winstone.accesslog.SimpleAccessLogger --simpleAccessLogger.format=combined --simpleAccessLogger.file=/var/log/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@/access_log"
-fi
-
-RETVAL=0
-
-is_running() {
-	: >"$JENKINS_PID_FILE" # just in case we fail to find it
-	# get PID
-	/bin/ps hww -u "$JENKINS_USER" -o pid,cmd | while read -r pid cmd; do
-		echo "$cmd" | grep "$JENKINS_WAR" >/dev/null
-		[ $? = 0 ] || continue
-		# found a PID
-		echo "$pid" >"$JENKINS_PID_FILE"
-	done
-	if [ -s "$JENKINS_PID_FILE" ]; then
-		return 0
-	else
-		return 1
-	fi
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-start)
-	echo -n "Starting @@PRODUCTNAME@@ "
-	daemon --user "$JENKINS_USER" --pidfile "$JENKINS_PID_FILE" "$JENKINS_JAVA_CMD" $JENKINS_JAVA_OPTIONS "-DJENKINS_HOME=$JENKINS_HOME" -jar "$JENKINS_WAR" $PARAMS &
-	RETVAL=$?
-	if [ $RETVAL = 0 ]; then
-		attempt=1
-		is_started=false
-		while [ $attempt -le 30 ]; do
-			if is_running; then
-				is_started=true
-				break
-			fi
-			sleep 1
-			attempt=$((attempt + 1))
-		done
-		if $is_started; then
-			success
-			touch "$JENKINS_LOCKFILE"
-		else
-			failure
-		fi
-	else
-		failure
-	fi
-	echo
-	;;
-stop)
-	echo -n "Shutting down @@PRODUCTNAME@@ "
-	killproc @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-	rm -f $JENKINS_LOCKFILE
-	RETVAL=$?
-	echo
-	;;
-try-restart | condrestart)
-	if test "$1" = "condrestart"; then
-		echo "${attn} Use try-restart ${done}(LSB)${attn} rather than condrestart ${warn}(RH)${norm}"
-	fi
-	$0 status
-	if test $? = 0; then
-		$0 restart
-	else
-		: # Not running is not a failure.
-	fi
-	;;
-restart)
-	$0 stop
-	$0 start
-	;;
-force-reload)
-	echo -n "Reload service @@PRODUCTNAME@@ "
-	$0 try-restart
-	;;
-reload)
-	$0 restart
-	;;
-status)
-	status @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-	RETVAL=$?
-	;;
-probe)
-	## Optional: Probe for the necessity of a reload, print out the
-	## argument to this init script which is required for a reload.
-	## Note: probe is not (yet) part of LSB (as of 1.9)
-
-	test "$JENKINS_CONFIG" -nt "$JENKINS_PID_FILE" && echo reload
-	;;
-*)
-	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload|probe}"
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-exit $RETVAL
diff --git a/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.sysconfig.in b/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.sysconfig.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e80f28c5..00000000
--- a/rpm/build/SOURCES/jenkins.sysconfig.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-## Path:        Development/@@CAMELARTIFACTNAME@@
-## Description: @@SUMMARY@@
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     "~~HOME~~"
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Directory where Jenkins store its configuration and working
-# files (checkouts, build reports, artifacts, ...).
-#
-JENKINS_HOME="~~HOME~~"
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Java executable to run Jenkins
-# When left empty, we'll try to find the suitable Java.
-#
-JENKINS_JAVA_CMD=""
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     "@@ARTIFACTNAME@@"
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Unix user account that runs the Jenkins daemon
-# Be careful when you change this, as you need to update
-# permissions of $JENKINS_HOME and /var/log/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@,
-# and if you have already run Jenkins, potentially other
-# directories such as /var/cache/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@ .
-#
-JENKINS_USER="@@ARTIFACTNAME@@"
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default: "false"
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Whether to skip potentially long-running chown at the
-# $JENKINS_HOME location. Do not enable this, "true", unless
-# you know what you're doing. See JENKINS-23273.
-#
-#JENKINS_INSTALL_SKIP_CHOWN="false"
-
-## Type: string
-## Default:     "-Djava.awt.headless=true"
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Options to pass to java when running Jenkins.
-#
-JENKINS_JAVA_OPTIONS="-Djava.awt.headless=true"
-
-## Type:        integer(0:65535)
-## Default:     @@PORT@@
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Port Jenkins is listening on.
-# Set to -1 to disable
-#
-JENKINS_PORT="@@PORT@@"
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# IP address Jenkins listens on for HTTP requests.
-# Default is all interfaces (0.0.0.0).
-#
-JENKINS_LISTEN_ADDRESS=""
-
-## Type:        integer(0:65535)
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# HTTPS port Jenkins is listening on.
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTPS_PORT=""
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Path to the keystore in JKS format (as created by the JDK 'keytool').
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE=""
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Password to access the keystore defined in JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE.
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTPS_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=""
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# IP address Jenkins listens on for HTTPS requests.
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTPS_LISTEN_ADDRESS=""
-
-## Type:        integer(0:65535)
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# HTTP2 port Jenkins is listening on.
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-# Notice: HTTP2 support may require additional configuration, see Winstone
-# documentation for more information.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTP2_PORT=""
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# IP address Jenkins listens on for HTTP2 requests.
-# Default is disabled.
-#
-# Notice: HTTP2 support may require additional configuration, see Winstone
-# documentation for more information.
-#
-JENKINS_HTTP2_LISTEN_ADDRESS=""
-
-## Type:        integer(1:9)
-## Default:     5
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Debug level for logs -- the higher the value, the more verbose.
-# 5 is INFO.
-#
-JENKINS_DEBUG_LEVEL="5"
-
-## Type:        yesno
-## Default:     no
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Whether to enable access logging or not.
-#
-JENKINS_ENABLE_ACCESS_LOG="no"
-
-## Type:        string
-## Default:     ""
-## ServiceRestart: @@ARTIFACTNAME@@
-#
-# Pass arbitrary arguments to Jenkins.
-# Full option list: java -jar @@ARTIFACTNAME@@.war --help
-#
-JENKINS_ARGS=""
diff --git a/rpm/build/SPECS/jenkins.spec b/rpm/build/SPECS/jenkins.spec
index b9c6f8fc..f8385919 100644
--- a/rpm/build/SPECS/jenkins.spec
+++ b/rpm/build/SPECS/jenkins.spec
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 # TODO:
 # - how to add to the trusted service of the firewall?
 
-%define workdir	%{_var}/lib/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@
+%define workdir	%{_sharedstatedir}/@@ARTIFACTNAME@@
 
 Name:		@@ARTIFACTNAME@@
 Version:	%{ver}
 Release:	1.1
 Summary:	@@SUMMARY@@
 Source:		jenkins.war
-Source1:	jenkins.init.in
-Source2:	jenkins.sysconfig.in
 Source3:	jenkins.logrotate
 Source4:	jenkins.service
 Source5:	jenkins.sh
-Source6:	migrate.sh
 URL:		@@HOMEPAGE@@
-Group:		Development/Tools/Building
 License:	@@LICENSE@@
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
 # Unfortunately the Oracle Java RPMs do not register as providing anything (including "java" or "jdk")
@@ -26,6 +22,7 @@ BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
 Requires: procps
 Requires(pre): /usr/sbin/useradd, /usr/sbin/groupadd
 BuildArch: noarch
+%systemd_requires
 
 %description
 @@DESCRIPTION_FILE@@
@@ -45,23 +42,14 @@ rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
 %__install -d "%{buildroot}%{workdir}"
 %__install -d "%{buildroot}%{workdir}/plugins"
 
-%__install -d "%{buildroot}/var/log/%{name}"
-%__install -d "%{buildroot}/var/cache/%{name}"
+%__install -d "%{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}"
+%__install -d "%{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/cache/%{name}"
 
-%__install -D -m0755 "%{SOURCE1}" "%{buildroot}/etc/init.d/%{name}"
-%__sed -i 's,~~WAR~~,%{_javadir}/%{name}.war,g' "%{buildroot}/etc/init.d/%{name}"
-%__install -d "%{buildroot}/usr/sbin"
-%__ln_s "../../etc/init.d/%{name}" "%{buildroot}/usr/sbin/rc%{name}"
-
-%__install -D -m0600 "%{SOURCE2}" "%{buildroot}/etc/sysconfig/%{name}"
-%__sed -i 's,~~HOME~~,%{workdir},g' "%{buildroot}/etc/sysconfig/%{name}"
-
-%__install -D -m0644 "%{SOURCE3}" "%{buildroot}/etc/logrotate.d/%{name}"
+%__install -D -m0644 "%{SOURCE3}" "%{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}"
 
 %__install -D -m0644 "%{SOURCE4}" "%{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/%{name}.service"
+
 %__install -D -m0755 "%{SOURCE5}" "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}"
-%__install -d "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}"
-%__install -D -m0755 "%{SOURCE6}" "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/migrate"
 
 %pre
 /usr/bin/getent group %{name} &>/dev/null || /usr/sbin/groupadd -r %{name} &>/dev/null
@@ -69,79 +57,27 @@ rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
 /usr/bin/getent passwd %{name} &>/dev/null || /usr/sbin/useradd -g %{name} -s /bin/false -r -c "@@SUMMARY@@" \
 	-d "%{workdir}" %{name} &>/dev/null
 
-  # Used to decide later if we should perform a chown in case JENKINS_INSTALL_SKIP_CHOWN is false
-  # Check if a previous installation exists, if so check the JENKINS_HOME value and existing owners of work, log and cache dir, need to to this check
-  # here because the %files directive overwrites folder owners, I have not found a simple way to make the
-  # files directive to use JENKINS_USER as owner.
-  if [ -f "/etc/sysconfig/%{name}" ]; then
-      logger -t %{name}.installer "Found previous config file /etc/sysconfig/%{name}"
-      . "/etc/sysconfig/%{name}"
-      stat --format=%U "/var/cache/%{name}" > "/tmp/%{name}.installer.cacheowner"
-      stat --format=%U "/var/log/%{name}"  >  "/tmp/%{name}.installer.logowner"
-      stat --format=%U ${JENKINS_HOME:-%{workdir}}  > "/tmp/%{name}.installer.workdirowner"
-  else
-      logger -t %{name}.installer "No previous config file /etc/sysconfig/%{name} found"
-  fi
-
 %post
-%{_datadir}/%{name}/migrate "/etc/sysconfig/%{name}" || true
 %systemd_post %{name}.service
 
-function chownIfNecessary {
-  logger -t %{name}.installer "Checking ${2} ownership"
-  if [ -f "${1}" ] ; then
-    owner=$(cat "$1")
-    rm -f "$1"
-    logger -t %{name}.installer "Found previous owner of ${2}: ${owner} "
-  fi
-  if  [ "${owner:-%{name}}" != "${JENKINS_USER:-%{name}}" ] ; then
-    logger -t %{name}.installer "Previous owner of ${2} is different than configured JENKINS_USER... Doing a recursive chown of ${2} "
-    chown -R ${JENKINS_USER:-%{name}} "$2"
-  elif [ "${JENKINS_USER:-%{name}}" != "%{name}" ] ; then
-    # User has changed ownership of files and JENKINS_USER, chown only the folder
-    logger -t %{name}.installer "Configured JENKINS_USER is different than default... Doing a non recursive chown of ${2} "
-    chown ${JENKINS_USER:-%{name}} "$2"
-  else
-    logger -t %{name}.installer "No chown needed for ${2} "
-  fi
-}
-
-# Ensure the right ownership on files only if not owned by JENKINS_USER and JENKINS_USER
-# != %{name}, namely all cases but the default one (configured for %{name} owned by %{name})
-# In any case if JENKINS_INSTALL_SKIP_CHOWN is true we do not chown anything to maintain
-# the existing semantics
-. /etc/sysconfig/%{name}
-if test x"$JENKINS_INSTALL_SKIP_CHOWN" != "xtrue"; then
-      chownIfNecessary "/tmp/%{name}.installer.cacheowner"  "/var/cache/%{name}"
-      chownIfNecessary "/tmp/%{name}.installer.logowner"  "/var/log/%{name}"
-      chownIfNecessary "/tmp/%{name}.installer.workdirowner"  ${JENKINS_HOME:-%{workdir}}
-fi
-
 %preun
 %systemd_preun %{name}.service
 
 %postun
 %systemd_postun_with_restart %{name}.service
 
-%clean
-%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
-
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_javadir}/%{name}.war
 %attr(0755,%{name},%{name}) %dir %{workdir}
-%attr(0750,%{name},%{name}) /var/log/%{name}
-%attr(0750,%{name},%{name}) /var/cache/%{name}
-%config /etc/logrotate.d/%{name}
-%config(noreplace) /etc/init.d/%{name}
-%config(noreplace) /etc/sysconfig/%{name}
-/usr/sbin/rc%{name}
+%attr(0750,%{name},%{name}) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}
+%attr(0750,%{name},%{name}) %{_localstatedir}/cache/%{name}
+%config %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}
 %{_unitdir}/%{name}.service
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
-%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
-%{_datadir}/%{name}/migrate
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 19 2023 projects@unixadm.org
+- removed sysv initscript for el>=7
 * Sat Apr 19 2014 mbarr@mbarr.net
 - Removed the jenkins.repo installation.  Per https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-22690
 * Wed Sep 28 2011 kk@kohsuke.org