diff --git a/libmicrodns.spec b/libmicrodns.spec
index ee0c1cf..649072c 100644
--- a/libmicrodns.spec
+++ b/libmicrodns.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 # lower the meson requirement there
 sed -i -e 's/0.50.0/0.47.2/' meson.build
+sed -i -e "/subdir('examples')/d" meson.build
 %endif