diff --git a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
index e50535bc79eeaeaf882dcfdd9585061e195aeefd..379d6387e93dc3aeca5d906e7df254296cca5532 100644
--- a/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
+++ b/rpm/nsd-app-wrap.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           nsd-app-wrap
-Version:        1.95
+Version:        1.96
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Wrapper scripts to launch python applications installed via anaconda
 Vendor:         Peter F. Peterson
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 addie                                  %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 data2config                            %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
-install -m 755 drspine                                %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 drtsans                                %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 expgui                                 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
 install -m 755 garnet                                 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
@@ -105,6 +104,8 @@ install -m 644 desktop/ibeatles.desktop                %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/a
 %{_prefix}/share/applications/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 10 2025 Pete Peterson
+- Remove drspine because it is moving to an rpm
 
 * Mon Jun 16 2025 John Hetrick
 - Renamed snapblue to snapwrap
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ install -m 644 desktop/ibeatles.desktop                %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/a
 - replaced snapred with snapblue
 
 * Thu May 22 2025 Glass Elsarboukh
-- refl1d desktop entry points to qa 
+- refl1d desktop entry points to qa
 
 * Tue May 13 2025 Ian Gibbs
 - refl1d points to refl1d-qa
diff --git a/src/desktop/drspine.desktop b/src/desktop/drspine.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index dd12987079b454ff89fec5da54b8209425799d7f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/desktop/drspine.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
-[Desktop Entry]
-Version=1.0
-Type=Application
-Terminal=true
-Name=drspine
-Comment=Dr. Spine The Latest Spine Treatments & Surgical Techniques
-Exec=/usr/bin/drspine
-TryExec=drspine
-Icon=drspine
diff --git a/src/desktop/drspine.png b/src/desktop/drspine.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cc3b6dbd99d0d679b289cde9758cb1e3de4d857..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/src/desktop/drspine.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/drspine b/src/drspine
deleted file mode 100644
index 84819a4c4ba578a7dbf9e073c1ae54cf9894269b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/drspine
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# select the environment to use
-# current default is system version
-CONDA_ENVIRON=drspine
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  if [ "$1" == "--dev" ]; then
-    CONDA_ENVIRON=drspine-dev
-    shift  # drop this argument
-  fi
-fi
-
-if [ -v CONDA_ENVIRON ]; then
-    # import library to do the real work
-    . "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/nsd-app-wrap.sh"
-
-    # put together arguments - conda_env, application, argv
-    args=("${CONDA_ENVIRON}" "/opt/anaconda/envs/${CONDA_ENVIRON}/bin/drspine" "$@")
-
-    # start the application
-    activate_and_launch "${args[@]}"
-fi
-