diff --git a/keepassxc.spec b/keepassxc.spec
index 6b9d524..7c7c39b 100644
--- a/keepassxc.spec
+++ b/keepassxc.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Source2:        https://keepassxc.org/keepassxc_master_signing_key.asc
 # disabling the patch fixes the problem, therefore it has been disabled on
 # Fedora >= 38
 
-%if (0%{?el} || 0%{?fedora} < 38)
+%if (%{defined rhel} || (%{defined fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 38))
 Patch0:         xcb.patch
 %endif
 Patch1:         appdata.patch
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Patch1:         appdata.patch
 BuildRequires:  botan2-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.1
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
-%if 0%{?el8}
+%if %{defined rhel}
 BuildRequires:  gcc-toolset-12-gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gcc-toolset-12-annobin-plugin-gcc
 %else
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sed -i '/type="contribute"/d' ./share/linux/org.keepassxc.KeePassXC.appdata.xml
 %endif
 
 %build
-%if 0%{?el8}
+%if %{defined rhel}
 . /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/enable
 %endif
 # -DWITH_XC_DOCS=OFF is needed on EL due missing rubygem-asciidoctor