diff --git a/alliance/src/distrib/alliance.spec.in b/alliance/src/distrib/alliance.spec.in
index c933bb0d..a72a68e1 100644
--- a/alliance/src/distrib/alliance.spec.in
+++ b/alliance/src/distrib/alliance.spec.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 %define       name            alliance
 %define       ver             @VERSION@
-%define       release         20031115
 %define       prefix          @prefix@