diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index 84b1358..3a993a2 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ ln -s ../../../lib/alsa/init %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/alsa/init
 # Create a place for global configuration
 mkdir -p -m 755 %{buildroot}/etc/alsa
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}/etc/alsa
-touch %{buildroot}/etc/asound.state
 
 # Create /var/lib/alsa tree
 mkdir -p -m 755 %{buildroot}/var/lib/alsa
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ ln -s alsa-info %{buildroot}/usr/bin/alsa-info.sh
 %dir /lib/alsa/
 %dir /lib/alsa/init/
 %dir /var/lib/alsa/
-%ghost /etc/asound.state
 
 %post
 if [ -s /etc/alsa/asound.state -a ! -s /etc/asound.state ] ; then