diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index 6092b3b4f1..ba000f1767 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 %endif
 
-# RHEL 8's default %%gobuild macro doesn't account for the BUILDTAGS variable, so we
-# set it separately here and do not depend on RHEL 8's go-srpm-macros package.
-%if %{defined rhel} && 0%{?rhel} == 8
+# RHEL's default %%gobuild macro doesn't account for the BUILDTAGS variable, so we
+# set it separately here and do not depend on RHEL's go-[s]rpm-macros package
+# until that's fixed.
+# c9s bz: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227328
+# c8s bz: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227331
+%if %{defined rhel}
 %define gobuild(o:) go build -buildmode pie -compiler gc -tags="rpm_crashtraceback libtrust_openssl ${BUILDTAGS:-}" -ldflags "-linkmode=external -compressdwarf=false ${LDFLAGS:-} -B 0x$(head -c20 /dev/urandom|od -An -tx1|tr -d ' \\n') -extldflags '%__global_ldflags'" -a -v -x %{?**};
+# python3 dep conditional for rhel8
+%if %{?rhel} == 8
 %define rhel8py3 1
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %global gomodulesmode GO111MODULE=on