diff --git a/netdata.spec.in b/netdata.spec.in
index ea2519603b..f55dcfe3d4 100644
--- a/netdata.spec.in
+++ b/netdata.spec.in
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ happened, on your systems and applications.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC" && ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}/packaging/bundle-mosquitto.sh ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
-%if 0%{?centos_ver} >= 8 || 0%{?fedora}
+%if 0%{?centos_ver} < 8 || 0%{!?fedora:1}
 export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC" && ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}/packaging/bundle-lws.sh ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %endif
 # Only bundle libJudy if this isn't Fedora or SUSE
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ autoreconf -ivf
 	%if 0%{!?fedora:1} && 0%{!?suse_version:1}
 	--with-libJudy=externaldeps/libJudy \
 	%endif
-	%if 0%{?centos_ver} >= 8 || 0%{?fedora}
+	%if 0%{?centos_ver} < 8 || 0%{!?fedora:1}
 	--with-bundled-lws=externaldeps/libwebsockets \
 	%endif
 	--prefix="%{_prefix}" \