diff --git a/libdap.spec b/libdap.spec
index 46db7c3..188373f 100644
--- a/libdap.spec
+++ b/libdap.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Summary: The C++ DAP2 library from OPeNDAP
 Version: 3.10.2
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 
-# the deflate program is covered by the W3C license
-License: LGPLv2+ and W3C
+License: LGPLv2+
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: http://www.opendap.org/
 Source0: http://www.opendap.org/pub/source/libdap-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -16,8 +15,6 @@ BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires: doxygen
 BuildRequires: graphviz
 BuildRequires: libuuid-devel
-# deflate depends directly on zlib
-BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 
 # This package could be relocatable. In that case uncomment the following
@@ -27,11 +24,10 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 
 %description
 The libdap++ library contains an implementation of DAP2. This package
-contains the library, dap-config, getdap and deflate. The script dap-config
+contains the library, dap-config, and getdap. The script dap-config
 simplifies using the library in other projects. The getdap utility is a
 simple command-line tool to read from DAP2 servers. It is built using the
-library and demonstrates simple uses of it. The deflate utility is used by
-the library when it returns compressed responses.
+library and demonstrates simple uses of it.
 
 
 %package devel
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_bindir}/getdap
-%{_sbindir}/deflate
 %{_libdir}/libdap.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libdapclient.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libdapserver.so.*
@@ -124,6 +119,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %changelog
 * Tue Jul 13 2010 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 3.10.2-1
 - Update to 3.10.2
+- Deflate is no longer shipped
 - Drop includes patch fixed upstream
 - Add license to doc sub-package