diff --git a/libpwquality.spec b/libpwquality.spec
index 8221390..6dd3d77 100644
--- a/libpwquality.spec
+++ b/libpwquality.spec
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ BuildRequires: python3-setuptools
 
 URL: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/
 
-# we don't want to provide private python extension libs
-%define __provides_exclude_from ^(%{python_sitearch}|%{python3_sitearch})/.*\.so$.
-
 %description
 This is a library for password quality checks and generation
 of random passwords that pass the checks.