diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2f64223e455..7693a84fc3a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -7,14 +7,4 @@ formats=gztar
 formats=rpm
 
 [bdist_rpm]
-# release must exactly match 'release' as set in bin/release.py
-release=6.0.0-rc1
-
-requires=python >= 2.5
-#build-requires=python-devel >= 2.3
-
-#doc_files = doc/*
-
-# Need to overwrite the install-part of the RPM to patch
-# the filenames of the man pages.
 install_script=setup_rpm.sh