diff --git a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
index b464862..98e50ae 100644
--- a/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/libguestfs.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-%global dist %{?dist}.alma
 %global _hardened_build 1
 
 # Architectures that we run the basic sanity-check test.
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ Summary:       Access and modify virtual machine disk images
 Name:          libguestfs
 Epoch:         1
 Version:       1.44.0
-Release:       9%{?dist}
+Release:       9%{?dist}.alma
 License:       LGPLv2+
 
 ExclusiveArch: x86_64 %{power64} aarch64 s390x