diff --git a/ghc-zlib.spec b/ghc-zlib.spec
index 004d63e..98c4523 100644
--- a/ghc-zlib.spec
+++ b/ghc-zlib.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 %global pkg_name zlib
 %global pkgver %{pkg_name}-%{version}
 
-# old tasty* upperbounds
-%bcond_with tests
+%bcond_without tests
 
 Name:           ghc-%{pkg_name}
 Version:        0.6.2
@@ -84,6 +83,11 @@ This package provides the Haskell %{pkg_name} profiling library.
 # End cabal-rpm setup
 #remove the copy library
 rm -r cbits
+%if %{with tests}
+cabal-tweak-remove-upperbound tasty
+cabal-tweak-remove-upperbound tasty-hunit
+cabal-tweak-remove-upperbound tasty-quickcheck
+%endif
 
 
 %build