diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a033ee6d982..e93950e97d2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 	(top): Register signals only when `tramp-gvfs-enabled' is non-nil.
 	Do not raise a user error when loading package.  (Bug#14447)
 
+	* net/xesam.el: Move to obsolete/.
+
 2013-05-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* font-lock.el (lisp-font-lock-keywords-2): Add with-coding-priority.
diff --git a/lisp/net/xesam.el b/lisp/obsolete/xesam.el
similarity index 99%
rename from lisp/net/xesam.el
rename to lisp/obsolete/xesam.el
index bcb16fc45da..0830d4248ef 100644
--- a/lisp/net/xesam.el
+++ b/lisp/obsolete/xesam.el
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 ;; Keywords: tools, hypermedia
+;; Obsolete-since: 24.4
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
+;; This file is obsolete.
+
 ;; This package provides an interface to Xesam, a D-Bus based "eXtEnsible
 ;; Search And Metadata specification".  It has been tested with
 ;;