diff --git a/etc/Makefile.am b/etc/Makefile.am
index aa5e898fc4c3292d0985ca6eba4b3f8ed07629c1..1009713b4e62312826daba857bc9b0471aa0325b 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.am
+++ b/etc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ETC_FILES = cgroup.release_common.example init.d.slurmdbd init.d.slurm \
+ETC_FILES = init.d.slurmdbd init.d.slurm \
 	    slurmctld.service slurmdbd.service slurmd.service
 
 CLEANFILES = $(ETC_FILES)
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ edit = sed \
 
 noinst_DATA = $(ETC_FILES)
 
-cgroup.release_common.example: Makefile $(srcdir)/cgroup.release_common.example.in
-	$(edit) $(srcdir)/cgroup.release_common.example.in > cgroup.release_common.example
-
 init.d.slurmdbd: Makefile $(srcdir)/init.d.slurmdbd.in
 	$(edit) $(srcdir)/init.d.slurmdbd.in > init.d.slurmdbd
 
diff --git a/etc/Makefile.in b/etc/Makefile.in
index 2a7b37bf7af4e94b23837323112beb32bbd57652..6d10aa52a6506ed4014b1985e379520058447161 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ target_vendor = @target_vendor@
 top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
 top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
-ETC_FILES = cgroup.release_common.example init.d.slurmdbd init.d.slurm \
+ETC_FILES = init.d.slurmdbd init.d.slurm \
 	    slurmctld.service slurmdbd.service slurmd.service
 
 CLEANFILES = $(ETC_FILES)
@@ -621,9 +621,6 @@ uninstall-am:
 .PRECIOUS: Makefile
 
 
-cgroup.release_common.example: Makefile $(srcdir)/cgroup.release_common.example.in
-	$(edit) $(srcdir)/cgroup.release_common.example.in > cgroup.release_common.example
-
 init.d.slurmdbd: Makefile $(srcdir)/init.d.slurmdbd.in
 	$(edit) $(srcdir)/init.d.slurmdbd.in > init.d.slurmdbd
 
diff --git a/etc/cgroup.release_common.example.in b/etc/cgroup.release_common.example.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e107ab0734534c116eb23b5fe00873735904feb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/etc/cgroup.release_common.example.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Generic release agent for SLURM cgroup usage
-#
-# Manage cgroup hierarchy like :
-#
-# /cgroup/subsystem/uid_%/job_%/step_%/task_%
-#
-# Automatically sync uid_% cgroups to be coherent
-# with remaining job childs when one of them is removed
-# by a call to this release agent.
-# The synchronisation is made in a flock on the root cgroup
-# to ensure coherency of the cgroups contents.
-#
-
-progname=$(basename $0)
-subsystem=${progname##*_}
-
-get_mount_dir()
-{
-    local lssubsys=$(type -p lssubsys)
-    if [[ $lssubsys ]]; then
-        $lssubsys -m $subsystem | awk '{print $2}'
-    elif X=$(grep -si -m1 "^CgroupMountpoint=" @sysconfdir@/cgroup.conf); then
-        echo $X | sed "s/.*=\(.*\)/\1\/${subsystem}/"
-    else
-        echo "/sys/fs/cgroup/$subsystem"
-    fi
-}
-
-mountdir=$(get_mount_dir)
-
-if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
-then
-    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [sync] cgroup"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# build orphan cg path
-if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]
-then
-    rmcg=${mountdir}$1
-else
-    rmcg=${mountdir}$2
-fi
-slurmcg=${rmcg%/uid_*}
-if [[ ${slurmcg} == ${rmcg} ]]
-then
-    # not a slurm job pattern, perhaps the slurmcg, just remove
-    # the dir with a lock and exit
-    flock -x ${mountdir} -c "rmdir ${rmcg}"
-    exit $?
-fi
-orphancg=${slurmcg}/orphan
-
-# make sure orphan cgroup is existing
-if [[ ! -d ${orphancg} ]]
-then
-    mkdir ${orphancg}
-    case ${subsystem} in
-	cpuset)
-	    cat ${mountdir}/cpuset.cpus > ${orphancg}/cpuset.cpus
-	    cat ${mountdir}/cpuset.mems > ${orphancg}/cpuset.mems
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# try to extract the uid cgroup from the input one
-# ( extract /uid_% from /uid%/job_*...)
-uidcg=${rmcg%/job_*}
-
-# kernel call
-if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]
-then
-
-    if [[ ${uidcg} == ${rmcg} ]]
-    then
-	# not a slurm job pattern, perhaps the uidcg, just remove
-	# the dir with a lock and exit
-	flock -x ${mountdir} -c "rmdir ${rmcg}"
-	exit $?
-    fi
-
-    if [[ -d ${mountdir} ]]
-    then
-	flock -x ${mountdir} -c "$0 sync $@"
-    fi
-
-    exit $?
-
-# sync subcall (called using flock by the kernel hook to be sure
-# that no one is manipulating the hierarchy, i.e. PAM, SLURM, ...)
-elif [[ $# -eq 2 ]] && [[ $1 == "sync" ]]
-then
-
-    # remove this cgroup
-    if [[ -d ${rmcg} ]]
-    then
-        case ${subsystem} in
-            memory)
-		# help to correctly remove lazy cleaning memcg
-		# but still not perfect
-                sleep 1
-                ;;
-            *)
-		;;
-        esac
-	rmdir ${rmcg}
-    fi
-    if [[ ${uidcg} == ${rmcg} ]]
-    then
-	## not a slurm job pattern exit now do not sync
-	exit 0
-    fi
-
-    # sync the user cgroup based on targeted subsystem
-    # and the remaining job
-    if [[ -d ${uidcg} ]]
-    then
-	case ${subsystem} in
-	    cpuset)
-		cpus=$(cat ${uidcg}/job_*/cpuset.cpus 2>/dev/null)
-		if [[ -n ${cpus} ]]
-		then
-		    cpus=$(@bindir@/scontrol show hostnames $(echo ${cpus} | tr ' ' ','))
-		    cpus=$(echo ${cpus} | tr ' ' ',')
-		    echo ${cpus} > ${uidcg}/cpuset.cpus
-		else
-		    # first move the remaining processes to
-		    # a cgroup reserved for orphaned processes
-		    for t in $(cat ${uidcg}/tasks)
-		    do
-			echo $t > ${orphancg}/tasks
-		    done
-		    # then remove the remaining cpus from the cgroup
-		    echo "" > ${uidcg}/cpuset.cpus
-		fi
-		;;
-	    *)
-		;;
-	esac
-    fi
-
-# error
-else
-    echo "Usage: $(basename $0) [sync] cgroup"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index c59971dd7b725c7560961ac78ea32cdd36b0f1a5..bab383e4f5e2302976f241ef22b74be28694233c 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -454,10 +454,6 @@ fi
 
 install -D -m644 etc/cgroup.conf.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup.conf.example
 install -D -m644 etc/cgroup_allowed_devices_file.conf.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup_allowed_devices_file.conf.example
-install -D -m755 etc/cgroup.release_common.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup.release_common.example
-install -D -m755 etc/cgroup.release_common.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_freezer
-install -D -m755 etc/cgroup.release_common.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_cpuset
-install -D -m755 etc/cgroup.release_common.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_memory
 install -D -m644 etc/layouts.d.power.conf.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/power.conf.example
 install -D -m644 etc/layouts.d.power_cpufreq.conf.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/power_cpufreq.conf.example
 install -D -m644 etc/layouts.d.unit.conf.example ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/unit.conf.example
@@ -766,10 +762,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup.conf.example
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup_allowed_devices_file.conf.example
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup.release_common.example
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_freezer
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_cpuset
-%config %{_sysconfdir}/cgroup/release_memory
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/power.conf.example
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/power_cpufreq.conf.example
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/layouts.d/unit.conf.example