diff --git a/yara.spec b/yara.spec
index 56ce25f..e05dc05 100644
--- a/yara.spec
+++ b/yara.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  file-devel
-BuildRequires:  jansson-devel >= 2.5
+#jansson is in version 2.4 in epel
+#BuildRequires:  jansson-devel >= 2.5
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  protobuf-c-devel
 BuildRequires:  protobuf-compiler
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D PROTOBUF_C_FIELD_FLAG_ONEOF=4"
 
 # macro %%configure already does use CFLAGS="\{optflags}" and yara build
 # scripts configure/make already honors that CFLAGS
-%configure --enable-magic --enable-cuckoo --enable-debug --enable-dotnet \
+# jansson >= 2.5 not available in EPEL7 thus building without cuckoo support
+%configure --enable-magic --enable-debug --enable-dotnet \
         --enable-macho --enable-dex --enable-pb-tests \
         --with-crypto \
         --htmldir=%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/html