diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 014fe5d768..23374e7631 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1421,6 +1421,7 @@ driver
  autoreconf -if
 %endif
 
+rm -f po/stamp-po
 %configure %{?_without_xen} \
            %{?_without_qemu} \
            %{?_without_openvz} \