diff --git a/bind.spec b/bind.spec
index 5b8bc1d..ab9cb1b 100644
--- a/bind.spec
+++ b/bind.spec
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
 install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/named
 install -m 644 %{SOURCE49} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/named-chroot.files
 
+%if "%{_bindir}" != "%{_sbindir}"
 pushd ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sbindir}
 # Compatibility with previous major versions, only for selected binaries
 for BIN in named-checkconf named-checkzone named-compilezone
@@ -625,6 +626,7 @@ do
   ln -s ../bin/$BIN $BIN
 done
 popd
+%endif
 
 # Remove libtool .la files:
 find ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_libdir} -name '*.la' -exec '/bin/rm' '-f' '{}' ';';