diff --git a/fence-agents.spec b/fence-agents.spec
index 498a588..bb0f9e3 100644
--- a/fence-agents.spec
+++ b/fence-agents.spec
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 %autopatch -p1
+# prevent compilation of something that won't get used anyway
+sed -i.orig 's|FENCE_ZVM=|FENCE_ZVM_PREVENTED=|' configure.ac
 
 %build
 ./autogen.sh
@@ -75,17 +77,9 @@ Red Hat Fence Agents is a collection of scripts and libraries to handle remote p
 %doc doc/COPYING.* doc/COPYRIGHT doc/README.licence
 %{_datadir}/fence
 %{_datadir}/cluster
-%{_datadir}/fence/fencing.py
-%{_datadir}/fence/fencing_snmp.py
 %exclude %{_datadir}/cluster/fence_scsi_check*
-%exclude %{_sbindir}/fence_ack_manual
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/fence_ack_manual.8*
-%exclude %{_sbindir}/fence_dummy
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/fence_dummy.8*
-%exclude %{_sbindir}/fence_powerman
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/fence_powerman.8*
-%exclude %{_sbindir}/fence_zvm
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/fence_zvm.8*
+%exclude %{_sbindir}/*
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/*
 
 
 %package all
@@ -880,7 +874,7 @@ The fence-agents-zvm package contains a fence agent for IBM z/VM over IP.
 %{_mandir}/man8/fence_zvmip.8*
 
 %changelog
-#- mark non-compiled packages properly as noarch
+#- mark non-compiled packages properly as noarch, restructure excludes
 
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.1-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild