diff --git a/libpfm.spec b/libpfm.spec
index e71a692..b148203 100644
--- a/libpfm.spec
+++ b/libpfm.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Release:	5%{?dist}
 
 Summary:	Library to encode performance events for use by perf tool
 
-Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 License:	MIT
 URL:		http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:	http://sourceforge.net/projects/perfmon2/files/libpfm4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ for the perf_events interface available in upstream Linux kernels since v2.6.31.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:	Development library to encode performance events for perf_events based tools
-Group:		Development/Libraries
 Requires:	%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description devel
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ applications for the perf_events interface.
 
 %package static
 Summary:	Static library to encode performance events for perf_events based tools
-Group:		Development/Libraries
 Requires:	%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description static
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ Provides: %{name}-python = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: %{name}-python%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes: %{name}-python < %{version}-%{release}
 Summary:	Python bindings for libpfm and perf_event_open system call
-Group:		Development/Languages
 Requires:	%{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description -n python3-libpfm