diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 5f2573f..27b6046 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
 
 %define perl_vendorarch %(eval "`%{__perl} -V:installvendorarch`"; echo $installvendorarch)
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} < 18
-%define dbdevel db4-devel
-%else
-%define dbdevel libdb-devel
-%endif
-
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 %{!?_httpd_apxs: %{expand: %%global _httpd_apxs %%{_sbindir}/apxs}}
@@ -45,7 +39,7 @@ Patch4: subversion-1.8.0-rubybind.patch
 Patch5: subversion-1.8.0-aarch64.patch
 Patch8: subversion-1.8.5-swigplWall.patch
 BuildRequires: autoconf, libtool, python, python-devel, texinfo, which
-BuildRequires: %{dbdevel} >= 4.1.25, swig >= 1.3.24, gettext
+BuildRequires: libdb-devel >= 4.1.25, swig >= 1.3.24, gettext
 BuildRequires: apr-devel >= 1.3.0, apr-util-devel >= 1.3.0
 BuildRequires: libserf-devel >= 1.2.1, cyrus-sasl-devel
 BuildRequires: sqlite-devel >= 3.4.0, file-devel, systemd-units