diff --git a/jakarta-oro.spec b/jakarta-oro.spec
index d89912c..4d98709 100644
--- a/jakarta-oro.spec
+++ b/jakarta-oro.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 Name:           jakarta-oro
 Version:        2.0.8
 Release:        23%{?dist}
-Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Full regular expressions API
 License:        ASL 1.1
 Source0:        http://archive.apache.org/dist/jakarta/oro/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz