diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8fab987c7e85e6690ee118bf53ea28476567d69..1a9346afc85685be66613fbc2c4cc3227cf4adb3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stamp-tar:
 	touch stamp-tar
 
 tar: stamp-tar
- 
+
 brpm: tar
 	make -C rpm brpm
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rpm: tar
 
 clean:
 	@echo "clean happens here"
- 
+
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 	rm -f stamp-*
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ rpmclean:
 	make -C rpm distclean
 
 clobber: distclean rpmclean
- 
+
 .PHONY: default clean rpmclean stamp-tar
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5b6845ec0ab14d354e1c7af0a650c7e626269a59..0f13f0045db12edec110279ee9ead00c1e01a39d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PACKAGE=cern-private-cloud-addons
 EMAIL=Linux.Support@cern.ch
 VERSION=0.8
-RELEASE=1
+RELEASE=2
 
diff --git a/rpm/cern-private-cloud-addons.spec b/rpm/cern-private-cloud-addons.spec
index eef4784f50d6a30845e5b2f8b3d17134a79f1ef4..1c8b9a545de05f32fa4bbb09845c012ecd89c2fc 100644
--- a/rpm/cern-private-cloud-addons.spec
+++ b/rpm/cern-private-cloud-addons.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-buildroot
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
-Requires: cern-config-users
 Requires: locmap
 Requires: systemd
 #locmap
@@ -87,6 +86,9 @@ fi
 %postun
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 26 2018 Thomas Oulevey <thomas.oulevey@cern.ch> - 0.8-2
+- Remove requires on cern-config-users for el7
+
 * Tue May 15 2018 Jaroslaw Polok <jaroslaw.polok@cern.ch> - 0.8-1
 - use only locmap on CC7