diff --git a/gmp.spec b/gmp.spec
index b8bafab..ac271e2 100644
--- a/gmp.spec
+++ b/gmp.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ BuildRequires: git
 #autoreconf on arm needs:
 BuildRequires: perl-Carp
 # Generate the .hmac checksum unless --without fips is used
+# RHEL 9 and later include gmp in the gnutls module boundary,
+# and HMAC is calculated there with its own tool.
+%if %{defined rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 9
 %bcond_without fips
+%endif
 %if %{with fips}
 BuildRequires: fipscheck
 %endif