diff --git a/libxml.spec.in b/libxml.spec.in
index 3a3236d..ec67456 100644
--- a/libxml.spec.in
+++ b/libxml.spec.in
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # Note that this is NOT a relocatable package
 %define ver      @VERSION@
-%define  RELEASE SNAP
-%define  rel     %{?CUSTOM_RELEASE} %{!?CUSTOM_RELEASE:%RELEASE}
 %define prefix   /usr
 
 Summary: libXML library
 Name: libxml
 Version: %ver
-Release: %rel
+Release: 1
 Copyright: LGPL
 Group: X11/Libraries
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml/libxml-%{ver}.tar.gz