diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 94308186f4..97887eb0ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ Makefile.in
 /spl-modules.spec
 /spl.release
 /dkms.conf
-/PKGBUILD-spl
-/PKGBUILD-spl-modules
 /stamp-h1
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3a6b61438a..4d8ab0e334 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/rpm.am
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/deb.am
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/tgz.am
-include $(top_srcdir)/config/arch.am
 
 SUBDIRS = include
 if CONFIG_USER
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in b/PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a04bd4fcf0..0000000000
--- a/PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Prakash Surya <surya1@llnl.gov>
-pkgname=@SPL_META_NAME@-modules
-pkgver=@SPL_META_VERSION@
-pkgrel=@SPL_META_RELEASE@
-pkgdesc="Contains kernel modules for emulating Solaris style primatives in the linux kernel."
-arch=(x86_64)
-url="git://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl.git"
-license=(@LICENSE@)
-source=(@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@.tar.gz)
-
-build() {
-	cd $srcdir/@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@
-	./configure --with-config=kernel \
-	            --prefix=/usr \
-	            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-	            --libexecdir=/usr/lib
-	make
-}
-
-package() {
-	cd $srcdir/@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@
-	make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
-}
diff --git a/PKGBUILD-spl.in b/PKGBUILD-spl.in
deleted file mode 100644
index bc27f4626d..0000000000
--- a/PKGBUILD-spl.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Prakash Surya <surya1@llnl.gov>
-pkgname=@SPL_META_NAME@
-pkgver=@SPL_META_VERSION@
-pkgrel=@SPL_META_RELEASE@
-pkgdesc="Contains the support utilities for the spl."
-arch=(x86_64)
-url="git://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl.git"
-license=(@LICENSE@)
-source=(@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@.tar.gz)
-
-build() {
-	cd $srcdir/@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@
-	./configure --with-config=user \
-	            --prefix=/usr \
-	            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-	            --libexecdir=/usr/lib
-	make
-}
-
-package() {
-	cd $srcdir/@SPL_META_NAME@-@SPL_META_VERSION@
-	make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
-}
diff --git a/config/arch.am b/config/arch.am
deleted file mode 100644
index da43fe7389..0000000000
--- a/config/arch.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-###############################################################################
-# Written by Prakash Surya <surya1@llnl.gov>
-###############################################################################
-# Build targets for RPM packages.
-###############################################################################
-
-sarch-modules:
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) pkg="${PACKAGE}-modules" sarch-common
-
-sarch-utils:
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) pkg="${PACKAGE}" sarch-common
-
-sarch: sarch-modules sarch-utils
-
-arch-modules:
-if CONFIG_KERNEL
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) pkg="${PACKAGE}-modules" arch-common
-endif
-
-arch-utils:
-if CONFIG_USER
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) pkg="${PACKAGE}" arch-common
-endif
-
-arch: arch-modules arch-utils
-
-arch-local:
-	@(if test "${HAVE_MAKEPKG}" = "no"; then \
-		echo -e "\n" \
-	"*** Required util ${MAKEPKG} missing.  Please install the\n" \
-	"*** package for your distribution which provides ${MAKEPKG},\n" \
-	"*** re-run configure, and try again.\n"; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi;)
-
-sarch-common: dist
-	pkgbuild=PKGBUILD-$(pkg); \
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) arch-local || exit 1; \
-	$(MAKEPKG) --allsource --skipinteg --nodeps -p $$pkgbuild || exit 1;
-
-arch-common: dist
-	pkgbuild=PKGBUILD-$(pkg); \
-	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) arch-local || exit 1; \
-	$(MAKEPKG) --skipinteg -p $$pkgbuild || exit 1;
diff --git a/config/spl-build.m4 b/config/spl-build.m4
index 4cb7e1da29..3dcc05e65d 100644
--- a/config/spl-build.m4
+++ b/config/spl-build.m4
@@ -302,48 +302,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_DPKG], [
 	AC_SUBST(DPKGBUILD_VERSION)
 ])
 
-dnl #
-dnl # Check for pacman+makepkg to build Arch Linux packages.  If these
-dnl # tools are missing it is non-fatal but you will not be able to
-dnl # build Arch Linux packages and will be warned if you try too.
-dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_PACMAN], [
-	PACMAN=pacman
-	MAKEPKG=makepkg
-
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $PACMAN is available])
-	tmp=$($PACMAN --version 2>/dev/null)
-	AS_IF([test -n "$tmp"], [
-		PACMAN_VERSION=$(echo $tmp |
-		                 $AWK '/Pacman/ { print $[3] }' |
-		                 $SED 's/^v//')
-		HAVE_PACMAN=yes
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_PACMAN ($PACMAN_VERSION)])
-	],[
-		HAVE_PACMAN=no
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_PACMAN])
-	])
-
-	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $MAKEPKG is available])
-	tmp=$($MAKEPKG --version 2>/dev/null)
-	AS_IF([test -n "$tmp"], [
-		MAKEPKG_VERSION=$(echo $tmp | $AWK '/makepkg/ { print $[3] }')
-		HAVE_MAKEPKG=yes
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_MAKEPKG ($MAKEPKG_VERSION)])
-	],[
-		HAVE_MAKEPKG=no
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([$HAVE_MAKEPKG])
-	])
-
-	AC_SUBST(HAVE_PACMAN)
-	AC_SUBST(PACMAN)
-	AC_SUBST(PACMAN_VERSION)
-
-	AC_SUBST(HAVE_MAKEPKG)
-	AC_SUBST(MAKEPKG)
-	AC_SUBST(MAKEPKG_VERSION)
-])
-
 dnl #
 dnl # Until native packaging for various different packing systems
 dnl # can be added the least we can do is attempt to use alien to
@@ -406,7 +364,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_DEFAULT_PACKAGE], [
 		redhat)     DEFAULT_PACKAGE=rpm  ;;
 		fedora)     DEFAULT_PACKAGE=rpm  ;;
 		gentoo)     DEFAULT_PACKAGE=tgz  ;;
-		arch)       DEFAULT_PACKAGE=arch ;;
+		arch)       DEFAULT_PACKAGE=tgz  ;;
 		sles)       DEFAULT_PACKAGE=rpm  ;;
 		slackware)  DEFAULT_PACKAGE=tgz  ;;
 		lunar)      DEFAULT_PACKAGE=tgz  ;;
@@ -427,8 +385,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_PACKAGE], [
 	SPL_AC_RPM
 	SPL_AC_DPKG
 	SPL_AC_ALIEN
-
-	AS_IF([test "$VENDOR" = "arch"], [SPL_AC_PACMAN])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_LICENSE], [
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f739a58bc5..7a4a729db2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	scripts/Makefile
 	spl.spec
 	spl-modules.spec
-	PKGBUILD-spl
-	PKGBUILD-spl-modules
 	spl.release
 	dkms.conf
 ])