Please make sure that update-desktop-database runs only on Fedora <= 24 and/or RHEL and that update-mime-database runs only on RHEL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Scriptlets#desktop-database https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Scriptlets#mimeinfo Examples: http://pkgs.rpmfusion.org/cgit/free/HandBrake.git/tree/HandBrake.spec#n206 http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/blender.git/tree/blender.spec#n254 If you don't plan to build for RHEL, just remove the update-mime-database scriptlet.