diff --git a/perl-Net-SSH2.spec b/perl-Net-SSH2.spec
index f42835f..c1a7124 100644
--- a/perl-Net-SSH2.spec
+++ b/perl-Net-SSH2.spec
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ all of the key exchanges, ciphers, and compression of libssh2.
 %setup -q -n Net-SSH2-%{version}
 
 # Remove bundled libraries
-rm -r inc
+# Don't remove inc/ to prevent setting $Module::Install::AUTHOR
+rm -r inc/*
 perl -i -ne 'print $_ unless m{^inc/}' MANIFEST
 
 %build