diff --git a/mesa.spec b/mesa.spec
index 1931bfa..d0e795e 100644
--- a/mesa.spec
+++ b/mesa.spec
@@ -291,9 +291,11 @@ Mesa shared glapi
 sed -i 's/^default_driver.*$/default_driver="dri"/' configure.ac
 
 # need to use libdrm_nouveau2 on F17
+%if !0%{?rhel}
 %if 0%{?fedora} < 18
 sed -i 's/\<libdrm_nouveau\>/&2/' configure.ac
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %build