diff --git a/coot.spec b/coot.spec
index b45849b..0aaef5b 100644
--- a/coot.spec
+++ b/coot.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Name: coot
 Summary: The crystallographic object-oriented toolkit
 URL: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/personal/pemsley/coot/
 Version: 0.8.8
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # source code is mixed GPLv3+ and LGPLv2+ (see files for breakdown)
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Applications/Engineering
@@ -237,18 +237,6 @@ fi
 %doc doc/coot-keys-and-buttons.pdf doc/coot-user-manual.pdf
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.8-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.8-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Jul 24 2017 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.8-3
-- Rebuilt for Boost 1.64
-
-* Mon May 15 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.8.8-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_27_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Sat Mar 18 2017 Tim Fenn <tim.fenn@gmail.com> - 0.8.8-1
 - update to 0.8.8