diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13aed94fca..a3c8323e2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ tests/other.crt
 tests/other.csr
 tests/other.key
 vdsm-*.tar.gz
-vdsm.spec
 vdsm/vdscli.py
 static/usr/share/man/man1/vdsm-tool.1
 static/usr/share/man/man8/vdsmd.8
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aa4f9a3c4d..7c3fb7fe22 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2008-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+# Copyright 2008-2022 Red Hat, Inc.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	contrib/repostat \
 	pylintrc \
 	vdsm.spec \
-	vdsm.spec.in \
 	tox.ini \
 	$(NULL)
 
 CLEANFILES = \
-	vdsm.spec \
 	$(DIST_ARCHIVES) \
 	$(NULL)
 
@@ -165,9 +163,6 @@ storage:
 clean-storage:
 	python3 tests/storage/userstorage.py teardown
 
-all-local: \
-	vdsm.spec
-
 clean-local: clean-build
 
 .PHONY: upgrade
diff --git a/build-aux/pkg-version b/build-aux/pkg-version
index 42be7c6e42..dde7c8c647 100755
--- a/build-aux/pkg-version
+++ b/build-aux/pkg-version
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ AWK_SPEC_VERSION='
 
 PKG_VERSION=`cat VERSION 2> /dev/null || git describe --tags --match "v[0-9]*"`
 if [ -d .git ]; then
-    SPEC_VERSION=`awk "$AWK_SPEC_VERSION" vdsm.spec.in`
+    SPEC_VERSION=`awk "$AWK_SPEC_VERSION" vdsm.spec`
     if [ "$PKG_VERSION" != "$SPEC_VERSION" ] && [ "${PKG_VERSION#$SPEC_VERSION-}" = "$PKG_VERSION" ]; then
         # New version, not yet tagged.
         PKG_VERSION="$SPEC_VERSION"
diff --git a/doc/development.md b/doc/development.md
index d047df2f8e..a47e674154 100644
--- a/doc/development.md
+++ b/doc/development.md
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ For more information about testing see [/tests/README.md](/tests/README.md).
 Release process of Vdsm version `VERSION` consists of the following
 steps:
 
-- Changing `Version:` field value in `vdsm.spec.in` to `VERSION`.
+- Changing `Version:` field value in `vdsm.spec` to `VERSION`.
 
-- Updating `%changelog` line in `vdsm.spec.in` to the current date,
+- Updating `%changelog` line in `vdsm.spec` to the current date,
   the committer, and `VERSION`.
 
 - Committing these changes, with subject "New release: `VERSION`" and
diff --git a/tests/check_distpkg.sh b/tests/check_distpkg.sh
index c5bf820600..3ce668d500 100755
--- a/tests/check_distpkg.sh
+++ b/tests/check_distpkg.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ for i in $(git ls-files \*.in); do
     for f in \
         static/libexec/vdsm/vdsm-gencerts.sh \
         static/usr/share/man/man1/vdsm-tool.1 \
-        vdsm.spec \
     ; do
         if test "$FILE" = "$f" ; then
             KEEP=1
diff --git a/vdsm.spec.in b/vdsm.spec
similarity index 99%
rename from vdsm.spec.in
rename to vdsm.spec
index 38cd92dbb1..64e405dfb9 100644
--- a/vdsm.spec.in
+++ b/vdsm.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 # - generated using ./build-aux/make-dist script
 # - passed to rpmbuild as
 #   --define="vdsm_release $(./build-aux/pkg-version --release)"
-%{!?vdsm_release: %global vdsm_release @PACKAGE_RELEASE@}
+%{!?vdsm_release: %global vdsm_release 1}
 
 Name:           %{vdsm_name}
 Version:        4.50.2.2