diff --git a/flaim/Makefile b/flaim/Makefile
index 9d83e41..627ae28 100644
--- a/flaim/Makefile
+++ b/flaim/Makefile
@@ -1962,7 +1962,6 @@ spec: dircheck
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)package devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Summary: FLAIM static library and header file\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Group: Development/Libraries/C and C++\n" >> $(spec_file)
-	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Provides: $(package_proj_name)-devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)description devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "FLAIM is an embeddable cross-platform database engine that provides a\n" >> $(spec_file)
diff --git a/ftk/Makefile b/ftk/Makefile
index a19653d..93055c6 100644
--- a/ftk/Makefile
+++ b/ftk/Makefile
@@ -1726,7 +1726,6 @@ spec: dircheck
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)package devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Summary: FTK static library and header file\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Group: Development/Libraries/C and C++\n" >> $(spec_file)
-	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Provides: $(package_proj_name)-devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)description devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "FTK is the FLAIM cross-platform toolkit.\n" >> $(spec_file)
diff --git a/xflaim/Makefile b/xflaim/Makefile
index d997748..6a19317 100644
--- a/xflaim/Makefile
+++ b/xflaim/Makefile
@@ -2342,7 +2342,6 @@ spec: dircheck
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)package devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Summary: XFLAIM static library and header file\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Group: Development/Libraries/C and C++\n" >> $(spec_file)
-	$(ec)$(gprintf) "Provides: $(package_proj_name)-devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "$(percent)description devel\n" >> $(spec_file)
 	$(ec)$(gprintf) "XFLAIM is an embeddable cross-platform XML database engine that\n" >> $(spec_file)