diff --git a/SPECS/knem/knem.spec b/SPECS/knem/knem.spec
index eb36f797e14..045bccfe9b7 100644
--- a/SPECS/knem/knem.spec
+++ b/SPECS/knem/knem.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ EOF)
 %global flavors_to_build default
 
 %package -n %{non_kmp_pname}
-Release: %{_release}.kver.%{krelver}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: KNEM: High-Performance Intra-Node MPI Communication
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 %description -n %{non_kmp_pname}
diff --git a/SPECS/mlnx-ofa_kernel/mlnx-ofa_kernel.spec b/SPECS/mlnx-ofa_kernel/mlnx-ofa_kernel.spec
index 5ce876eeb9c..0fb7b36962b 100644
--- a/SPECS/mlnx-ofa_kernel/mlnx-ofa_kernel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/mlnx-ofa_kernel/mlnx-ofa_kernel.spec
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Obsoletes: mlnx-en-debuginfo
 Obsoletes: mlnx-en-sources
 Obsoletes: mlnx-rdma-rxe
 Version: %{_version}
-Release: %{_release}.kver.%{krelver}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Infiniband Driver and ULPs kernel modules
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 %description -n %{non_kmp_pname}
@@ -199,11 +199,7 @@ The driver sources are located at: http://www.mellanox.com/downloads/ofed/mlnx-o
 %package -n %{devel_pname}
 Version: %{_version}
 # build KMP rpms?
-%if "%{KMP}" == "1"
-Release: %{_release}%{?_dist}
-%else
-Release: %{_release}.kver.%{krelver}
-%endif
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Obsoletes: kernel-ib-devel
 Obsoletes: kernel-ib
 Obsoletes: mlnx-en
diff --git a/SPECS/xpmem/xpmem.spec b/SPECS/xpmem/xpmem.spec
index e934ce96ad2..021640d4a45 100644
--- a/SPECS/xpmem/xpmem.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xpmem/xpmem.spec
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ EOF)
 %package modules
 # %{nil}: to avoid having the script that build OFED-internal
 # munge the release version here as well:
-Release%{nil}: %{release}.kver.%{krelver}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: XPMEM: kernel modules
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 %description modules