diff --git a/rust-exr.spec b/rust-exr.spec
index 88b5254..76c5044 100644
--- a/rust-exr.spec
+++ b/rust-exr.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ use the "default" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 find . -type f \( -name '*.md' -o -name '*.rs' \) -execdir dos2unix --keepdate '{}' '+'
 # Do not depend on bencher; it is needed only for benchmarks.
 tomcli set Cargo.toml del dev-dependencies.bencher
+# Avoid a circular dependency on image.
+tomcli set Cargo.toml del dev-dependencies.image
+# These are the tests and examples that would have required the image crate.
+rm tests/across_compression.rs
+rm examples/6_extract_mip_map_pngs.rs
+rm examples/1b_convert_exr_to_png.rs
+rm examples/7_crop_alpha_rgba.rs
+rm examples/7_crop_alpha_any_image.rs
+rm examples/5b_extract_exr_layers_as_pngs.rs
 
 %generate_buildrequires
 %cargo_generate_buildrequires
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index 391b3ef..558d48b 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ prep.post = [
     "find . -type f \\( -name '*.md' -o -name '*.rs' \\) -execdir dos2unix --keepdate '{}' '+'",
     "# Do not depend on bencher; it is needed only for benchmarks.",
     "tomcli set Cargo.toml del dev-dependencies.bencher",
+    "# Avoid a circular dependency on image.",
+    "tomcli set Cargo.toml del dev-dependencies.image",
+    "# These are the tests and examples that would have required the image crate.",
+    "rm tests/across_compression.rs",
+    "rm examples/6_extract_mip_map_pngs.rs",
+    "rm examples/1b_convert_exr_to_png.rs",
+    "rm examples/7_crop_alpha_rgba.rs",
+    "rm examples/7_crop_alpha_any_image.rs",
+    "rm examples/5b_extract_exr_layers_as_pngs.rs",
 ]
 
 [tests]