diff --git a/xmlunit.spec b/xmlunit.spec
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@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 Name:           xmlunit
 Version:        1.6
 Release:        7%{?dist}
-Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Provides classes to do asserts on xml
 License:        BSD
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xmlunit/xmlunit-1.6-src.zip