diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index 86c0996..228ba0f 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ BuildRequires:    perl(warnings)
 # for running some openssl tests rhbz#1189180
 BuildRequires:    openssl openssl-devel
 
-BuildRequires:    fmt-devel
+#BuildRequires:    fmt-devel
 
 %if %{with debug}
 BuildRequires:    valgrind-devel
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ fi
          -DCONC_WITH_SSL=%{?with_clibrary:ON}%{!?with_clibrary:NO} \
          -DWITH_SSL=system \
          -DWITH_ZLIB=system \
-         -DWITH_LIBFMT=system \
+         -DWITH_LIBFMT=bundled \
          -DLZ4_LIBS=%{_libdir}/liblz4.so \
          -DLZ4_LIBS=%{?with_lz4:%{_libdir}/liblz4.so}%{!?with_lz4:} \
          -DWITH_INNODB_LZ4=%{?with_lz4:ON}%{!?with_lz4:OFF} \