diff --git a/RPM/Makefile.am b/RPM/Makefile.am
index c033ad134..13616e183 100644
--- a/RPM/Makefile.am
+++ b/RPM/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS=	foreign
 
-EXTRA_DIST=	build_rpm.in quakeforge.conf.in quakeforge.spec.in rpmrc
+EXTRA_DIST=	build_rpm.in quakeforge.conf.in quakeforge.spec.in
 
-rpm: build_rpm quakeforge.conf quakeforge.spec rpmrc
+rpm: build_rpm quakeforge.conf quakeforge.spec
 	./build_rpm
 
 CLEANFILES = *.rpm
diff --git a/RPM/rpmrc b/RPM/rpmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e15866e2f..000000000
--- a/RPM/rpmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-macrofiles: .rpmmacros