diff --git a/dnf.spec b/dnf.spec
index 95d93775ea..db06f68a0a 100644
--- a/dnf.spec
+++ b/dnf.spec
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ popd
 # If DNF5 does not obsolete DNF ownership of dnf.conf should be DNF's
 %config(noreplace) %{confdir}/%{name}.conf
 %endif
-%config(noreplace) %{confdir}/protected.d/%{name}.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}
 %ghost %attr(644,-,-) %{_localstatedir}/log/hawkey.log
 %ghost %attr(644,-,-) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}.log
diff --git a/etc/dnf/protected.d/CMakeLists.txt b/etc/dnf/protected.d/CMakeLists.txt
index d368f146ef..b833c9bc63 100644
--- a/etc/dnf/protected.d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/etc/dnf/protected.d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INSTALL (FILES "dnf.conf" "yum.conf" DESTINATION ${SYSCONFDIR}/dnf/protected.d)
+INSTALL (FILES "yum.conf" DESTINATION ${SYSCONFDIR}/dnf/protected.d)
diff --git a/etc/dnf/protected.d/dnf.conf b/etc/dnf/protected.d/dnf.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 6148f6c965..0000000000
--- a/etc/dnf/protected.d/dnf.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dnf