diff --git a/conf.d/mixin-basealt.mk b/conf.d/mixin-basealt.mk
index 83d84782827e71cb7d38209b53377a2cf39fea98..c336298a68b97834d04f233a94cdedd244817002 100644
--- a/conf.d/mixin-basealt.mk
+++ b/conf.d/mixin-basealt.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # shared across all supported arches, can be complemented per arch
 
 mixin/alt-workstation-install: workstation_groups = $(addprefix workstation/,\
-	10-office 20-networking 30-multimedia 40-virtualization 50-publishing \
+	10-office 20-networking 30-multimedia 40-virtualization \
 	raccess agents emulators ganttproject gnome-peer-to-peer graphics-editing \
 	libreoffice mate-usershare pidgin scanning scribus \
 	sound-editing thunderbird freeipa-client gpolicy)
diff --git a/pkg.in/groups/workstation/50-publishing.directory b/pkg.in/groups/workstation/50-publishing.directory
deleted file mode 100644
index adef6dcddd3856c68dee7a40c6fa3790dcbbec55..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/pkg.in/groups/workstation/50-publishing.directory
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Type=Directory
-Name=Publishing
-Name[ru_RU]=Издательство
-X-Alterator-Required=no
-Comment=Desktop Publishing applications
-Comment[ru_RU]=Приложения для издательства
diff --git a/pkg.in/groups/workstation/scribus.directory b/pkg.in/groups/workstation/scribus.directory
index 235250a6d40c3b37a14d4574289ef2b6f93b868e..ed14545ce0d11a9235a9fac37398d7c6a2d094b1 100644
--- a/pkg.in/groups/workstation/scribus.directory
+++ b/pkg.in/groups/workstation/scribus.directory
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ Name=Scribus desktop publishing system
 Name[ru_RU]=Издательская система (Scribus)
 X-Alterator-PackageList=workstation/scribus
 X-Alterator-Required=no
-X-Alterator-Parent=workstation/50-publishing
-Categories=KDE;KDE4;GNOME;XFCE;