diff --git a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.18.2-r2.ebuild b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.18.2-r2.ebuild
index dc2efb705dad1..ce4caf8eeb056 100644
--- a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.18.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.18.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -41,11 +41,3 @@ src_install() {
 	doins "${FILESDIR}"/obnam.conf
 	keepdir /var/log/obnam
 }
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ $REPLACING_VERSIONS < "1.2" ]]; then
-		elog "You will need to setup a config file before running obnam for the first time."
-		elog "For details, please see the obnam(1) manual page."
-		elog "An example file has been installed as /etc/obnam.conf for your convenience."
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.19.1.ebuild b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.19.1.ebuild
index fe090cbe77503..46d86fb0af079 100644
--- a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.19.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.19.1.ebuild
@@ -41,11 +41,3 @@ src_install() {
 	doins "${FILESDIR}"/obnam.conf
 	keepdir /var/log/obnam
 }
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ $REPLACING_VERSIONS < "1.2" ]]; then
-		elog "You will need to setup a config file before running obnam for the first time."
-		elog "For details, please see the obnam(1) manual page."
-		elog "An example file has been installed as /etc/obnam.conf for your convenience."
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.20.ebuild b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.20.ebuild
index fe090cbe77503..46d86fb0af079 100644
--- a/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.20.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/obnam/obnam-1.20.ebuild
@@ -41,11 +41,3 @@ src_install() {
 	doins "${FILESDIR}"/obnam.conf
 	keepdir /var/log/obnam
 }
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ $REPLACING_VERSIONS < "1.2" ]]; then
-		elog "You will need to setup a config file before running obnam for the first time."
-		elog "For details, please see the obnam(1) manual page."
-		elog "An example file has been installed as /etc/obnam.conf for your convenience."
-	fi
-}