diff --git a/wget2.spec b/wget2.spec
index 391318a..f738d3f 100644
--- a/wget2.spec
+++ b/wget2.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-%if (0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 40) || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 10)
-%bcond as_wget 0
-%else
-%bcond as_wget 1
-%endif
-
 %global somajor 2
 
 Name:           wget2
 Version:        2.1.0
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        An advanced file and recursive website downloader
 
 # Documentation is GFDL
@@ -38,6 +32,9 @@ BuildRequires:  git-core
 %if ! 0%{?rhel}
 BuildRequires:  pandoc
 %endif
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 8
+BuildRequires:  libassuan-devel
+%endif
 
 # Wget2 build requirements
 BuildRequires:  bzip2-devel
@@ -101,24 +98,6 @@ Requires:       %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 Development libraries and headers needed for building applications to
 use functionality from GNU Wget2.
 
-%if %{with as_wget}
-%package wget
-Summary:        %{name} shim to provide wget
-Requires:       wget2%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-# Replace wget
-Conflicts:      wget < 2
-Obsoletes:      wget < 2
-Provides:       wget = %{version}-%{release}
-Provides:       wget%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-# From original wget package
-Provides:       webclient
-
-%description wget
-This package provides the shim links for %{name} to be automatically
-used in place of wget. This ensures that %{name} is used as
-the system provider of wget.
-%endif
-
 %prep
 %{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
 %autosetup -p1
@@ -149,12 +128,6 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 # Delete useless noinstall binary
 rm -v %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}_noinstall
 
-%if %{with as_wget}
-ln -sr %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/wget
-# Link wget(1) to wget2(1)
-echo ".so man1/%{name}.1" > %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/wget.1
-%endif
-
 %check
 %make_build check
 
@@ -176,14 +149,11 @@ echo ".so man1/%{name}.1" > %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/wget.1
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libwget.pc
 %{_mandir}/man3/libwget*.3*
 
-%if %{with as_wget}
-%files wget
-%{_bindir}/wget
-%{_mandir}/man1/wget.1*
-%endif
-
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 12 2024 Jonathan Wright <jonathan@almalinux.org> - 2.1.0-8
+- Update spec for EL8 builds
+
 * Sat Jan 27 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.0-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild