diff --git a/linux-system-roles.spec b/linux-system-roles.spec
index 658c7cf..4a47b3e 100644
--- a/linux-system-roles.spec
+++ b/linux-system-roles.spec
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ format_item_for_files() {
         else
             echo "%doc $files_item"
         fi
-    elif [[ "$item" == */COPYING* ]] || [[ "$item" == */LICENSE* ]]; then
-        echo "%%license $files_item"
-    else
+    elif [[ "$item" != */COPYING* ]] && [[ "$item" != */LICENSE* ]]; then
+        # Avoid dynamically using the license macro since the license macro
+        # is replaced with the value of License directive in the older rpmbuild.
         echo "$files_item"
     fi
 }
@@ -575,6 +575,22 @@ fi
 %{_pkgdocdir}/collection/roles/*/README.html
 %endif
 %license %{_pkglicensedir}/*
+%license %{installbase}/*/COPYING*
+%license %{installbase}/*/LICENSE*
+%license %{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}/COPYING*
+%license %{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}/LICENSE*
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 8
+# Needs to list excluded files in this hardcoded style since when
+# format_item_for_files is executed, brp-python-bytecompile is not
+# executed yet.
+%exclude %{installbase}/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{installbase}/*/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{installbase}/*/*/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{installbase}/*/*/*/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}/*/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}/*/*/*/*.py?
+%exclude %{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}/*/*/*/*/*.py?
+%endif
 
 %if %{with collection_artifact}
 %files collection-artifact