diff --git a/qt5-qtbase.spec b/qt5-qtbase.spec
index cf31c11..6b635ab 100644
--- a/qt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/qt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 
 %global rpm_macros_dir %(d=%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d; [ -d $d ] || d=%{_sysconfdir}/rpm; echo $d)
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 22
 %global bootstrap 1
+%endif
 
 # define to build docs, need to undef this for bootstrapping
 # where qt5-qttools builds are not yet available