diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 1425d1e..c1ec2d3 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 # e.g. when re-building cryptsetup on a json-c SONAME-bump.
 %bcond_with    bootstrap
 %bcond_without tests
+%ifnarch riscv64
 %bcond_without lto
+%else
+%bcond_with lto
+%endif
 
 # Support for quick builds with rpmbuild --build-in-place.
 # See README.build-in-place.
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ Version:        253.2
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')
 %endif
-Release:        %autorelease -e 5.riscv64
+Release:        %autorelease -e 6.riscv64
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)
 
@@ -664,10 +668,6 @@ fi
 %global _lto_cflags %nil
 %endif
 
-%ifarch riscv64
-%define _fortify_level 2
-%endif
-
 # Do configuration. If doing an inplace build, try to do
 # reconfiguration to pick up new options.
 %if %{with inplace}