diff --git a/package/fedora/rpkg.conf b/package/fedora/rpkg.conf
index 568189890b..07bc74aa96 100644
--- a/package/fedora/rpkg.conf
+++ b/package/fedora/rpkg.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [rpkg]
 auto_pack = False
+user_macros = "${git_props:root}/rpkg.macros"
diff --git a/package/fedora/rpkg.macros b/package/fedora/rpkg.macros
deleted file mode 100644
index b064d67006..0000000000
--- a/package/fedora/rpkg.macros
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-function git_commit_no {
-	commits=$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/120ca87015...master' | grep "ahead_by" | sed -s 's/ //g' | sed -s 's/"ahead_by"://' | sed -s 's/,//')
-	echo -n $((commits + 1))
-}