diff --git a/perl-PathTools.spec b/perl-PathTools.spec
index b8f47a4..c58d0ed 100644
--- a/perl-PathTools.spec
+++ b/perl-PathTools.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $versi
 %perl_default_filter
 }
 # RPM 4.9 style:
-%global %__requires_exclude %{?__requires_exclude:%__requires_exclude|}^perl\\(VMS::Filespec\\)
+%global __requires_exclude %{?__requires_exclude:%__requires_exclude|}^perl\\(VMS::Filespec\\)
 
 %description
 PathTools Perl module (Cwd, File::Spec).