diff --git a/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec b/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
index 64ec5ebd5a..7631f05759 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/xpra.spec
@@ -181,10 +181,8 @@ BuildRequires:		pkgconfig(libyuv)
 Requires:			libyuv
 BuildRequires:		pkgconfig(libavif)
 Requires:			libavif
-%if 0%{?fedora}>=37
 BuildRequires:		pkgconfig(openh264)
 Requires:			openh264
-%endif
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 BuildRequires:		pkgconfig(spng)
 Requires:			libspng
@@ -535,9 +533,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python3_sitearch}/xpra/codecs/v4l2
 %{python3_sitearch}/xpra/codecs/vpx
 %{python3_sitearch}/xpra/codecs/webp
-%if 0%{?fedora}>=37
 %{python3_sitearch}/xpra/codecs/openh264
-%endif
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 %{python3_sitearch}/xpra/codecs/spng
 %endif