diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5393a7c..1a4ebc37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -163,10 +163,8 @@ src/libzmq.pc
 bin/
 lib/
 obj/
-builds/redhat/zeromq.spec
 builds/android/prefix/
 packaging/nuget/*.nupkg
-packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec
 foreign/openpgm/*
 !foreign/openpgm/*.tar.bz2
 !foreign/openpgm/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7b02748a..1f7d292b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -810,7 +810,6 @@ dist-hook:
 	else \
 		echo A git clone is required to generate a ChangeLog >&2; \
 	fi
-	-cp $(top_srcdir)/packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec $(distdir)/zeromq.spec
 
 maintainer-clean-local:
 	-rm -rf $(top_srcdir)/config
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 80a36151..4fc49ced 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -662,7 +662,6 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([ \
     src/libzmq.pc \
     doc/Makefile \
     builds/Makefile \
-    builds/msvc/Makefile \
-    packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec])
+    builds/msvc/Makefile])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec.in b/packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec
similarity index 99%
rename from packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec.in
rename to packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec
index be467cf9..b2c5b42e 100644
--- a/packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec.in
+++ b/packaging/redhat/zeromq.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:          zeromq
-Version:       @PACKAGE_VERSION@
+Version:       4.2.0
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       The ZeroMQ messaging library
 Group:         Applications/Internet