diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
index fc23871c8..46a5a69dd 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
@@ -355,9 +355,7 @@ accidental release of proprietary software. The Yocto Project provides
 an :ref:`ref-classes-archiver` class to help avoid some of these concerns.
 
 Before you employ :term:`DL_DIR` or the :ref:`ref-classes-archiver` class, you
-need to decide how you choose to provide source. The source
-:ref:`ref-classes-archiver` class can generate tarballs and SRPMs and can
-create them with various levels of compliance in mind.
+need to decide how you choose to provide source.
 
 One way of doing this (but certainly not the only way) is to release
 just the source as a tarball. You can do this by adding the following to
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 5a7ab5396..780bde3f1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          ARCHIVER_MODE[diff-exclude] ?= "file file ..."    # Lists files and directories to exclude from diff.
          ARCHIVER_MODE[dumpdata] = "1"                     # Uses environment data.
          ARCHIVER_MODE[recipe] = "1"                       # Uses recipe and include files.
-         ARCHIVER_MODE[srpm] = "1"                         # Uses RPM package files.
 
       For information on how the variable works, see the
       ``meta/classes/archiver.bbclass`` file in :term:`OpenEmbedded-Core