diff --git a/openbabel.spec b/openbabel.spec
index d420259..26b3700 100644
--- a/openbabel.spec
+++ b/openbabel.spec
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ find . -name "._*" | xargs rm
 # there's also a typo ("autconf" instead of "autoconf")
 sed -i -e 's/ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=/#ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS=/g' Makefile.am
 autoreconf --force --install
-%configure --enable-shared=yes --enable-static=no --enable-maintainer-mode
+%configure --enable-shared=yes --enable-static=no --disable-inchi --enable-maintainer-mode
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 pushd scripts/perl
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ popd
 
 %{__rm} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}{,/%{name}/%{version}%{beta_ver}}/*.la
 
-%{__rm} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/inchi/inchi_api.h
-
 pushd scripts/perl
 %{__make} install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 popd