diff --git a/codec2.spec b/codec2.spec
index c81b876..f34f6ae 100644
--- a/codec2.spec
+++ b/codec2.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1799237
+%define _legacy_common_support 1
+
 %{?rhel: %global cmake %cmake3}
 
 Name:           codec2
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ Example code for Codec 2
 
 
 %build
-rm -rf build_linux && mkdir build_linux && pushd build_linux
+mkdir build_linux && pushd build_linux
 %cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
     ../