diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc b/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
index 15edcf1..6103094 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ echo '%{ghcdocdir}' >> %1-doc.files \
 
 %ghc_reindex_haddock ( cd %{_docdir}/ghc/libraries && [ -x "./gen_contents_index" ] && ./gen_contents_index ) || :
 
-%ghcrequires() %{expand:%(/usr/lib/rpm/ghc-requires %*)}
+%ghc_version %(ghc --numeric-version)
diff --git a/ghc-rpm-requires b/ghc-rpm-requires
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a01f65..0000000
--- a/ghc-rpm-requires
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-# Author: Till Maas <opensource@till.name>
-#
-# Use this script as follows in your spec to get versioned 
-# ghc requires for post and preun:
-#
-# %{expand:%(/usr/lib/ghc-script-requires.sh ghc post preun)}
-
-ghc_num_ver=$(ghc --numeric-version)
-
-PKG=$1 ; shift
-
-# rpm will run this script once before the BuildRequires are installed
-# then it has to report nothing to avoid rpm complainng about the empty version
-# after the "ghc ="
-if [ -n "${ghc_num_ver}" ]; then
-  echo "Requires: $PKG = ${ghc_num_ver}"
-  for script in "$@"; do
-    echo "Requires(${script}): $PKG = ${ghc_num_ver}"
-  done
-fi
diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index 692ad8e..daf2e8d 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 Name: ghc
 Version: 6.10.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: Glasgow Haskell Compilation system
 # fedora ghc has only been bootstrapped on the following archs:
 ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ Source0: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/%{version}/ghc-%{version}-src.tar.bz2
 Source1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/%{version}/ghc-%{version}-src-extralibs.tar.bz2
 # /etc/rpm/macros.ghc
 Source2: ghc-rpm-macros.ghc
-# /usr/lib/rpm/ghc-requires
-Source3: ghc-rpm-requires
 URL: http://haskell.org/ghc/
 # libedit-devel > 2.11-2 correctly requires ncurses-devel
 Requires: gcc, gmp-devel, libedit-devel > 2.11-2
@@ -223,6 +221,10 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 24 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 6.10.2-3
+- define ghc_version in macros.ghc in place of ghcrequires
+- drop ghc-requires script for now
+
 * Sun Apr 19 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 6.10.2-2
 - add ghc-requires rpm script to generate ghc version dependencies
   (thanks to Till Maas)