diff --git a/netcdf.spec b/netcdf.spec
index 00b1c77..8065cde 100644
--- a/netcdf.spec
+++ b/netcdf.spec
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ Requires:       hdf5 = %{_hdf5_version}
 
 %global with_mpich 1
 %global with_openmpi 1
-%if 0%{?rhel}
+%if 0%{?rhel} <= 6
 %ifarch ppc64
-# No mpich2 on ppc64 in EL
+# No mpich on ppc64 in EL6
 %global with_mpich 0
 %endif
 %endif