diff --git a/epics-base.spec b/epics-base.spec
index 34ce72a4b..3d1a76fad 100644
--- a/epics-base.spec
+++ b/epics-base.spec
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ Requires:       perl-File-Find perl-File-Basename perl-File-Copy perl-FindBin pe
 BuildRequires:  perl-File-Find perl-File-Basename perl-File-Copy perl-FindBin perl-Getopt-Std perl-POSIX
 %endif
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
 # Perl auto-detection is broken
 # It does not find all EPICS internal packages
 %global __requires_exclude_from ^%{prog_folder}/bin/.*\\.pl$
-%endif
 
 %description host-devel
 Contains headers etc to build EPICS host applications.