diff --git a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
index 6788f2f..e62154e 100644
--- a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
@@ -762,20 +762,10 @@ sed 's/@VERSION@/%{version}/g' < %{SOURCE4} > README
 # Test if network is available.
 ip addr list ||:
 ip route list ||:
-if ping -c 3 -w 20 8.8.8.8 && wget http://libguestfs.org -O /dev/null; then
-  # AlmaLinux: avoid permission denied for yum/dnf cache
-  mkdir cachedir
-  sed -e "s|/var/cache/yum|$(pwd)/cachedir|" -e "s|/var/cache/dnf|$(pwd)/cachedir|" /etc/dnf/dnf.conf > yum.conf
-  extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
-else
-  mkdir cachedir repo
-  # -n 1 because of RHBZ#980502.
-  find /var/cache/{dnf,yum} -type f -name '*.rpm' -print0 | \
-    xargs -0 -n 1 cp -t repo
-  createrepo_c repo
-  sed -e "s|@PWD@|$(pwd)|" %{SOURCE6} > yum.conf
-  extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
-fi
+# AlmaLinux: avoid permission denied for yum/dnf cache
+mkdir cachedir
+sed -e "s|/var/cache/yum|$(pwd)/cachedir|" -e "s|/var/cache/dnf|$(pwd)/cachedir|" /etc/dnf/dnf.conf > yum.conf
+extra=--with-supermin-packager-config=$(pwd)/yum.conf
 
 %{configure} \
 %if 0%{?rhel} && !0%{?eln}