diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index 0c2cd5b..075f15a 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 23 09:49:45 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- do not use sle-baselibs.conf on openSUSE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 17 13:54:12 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
 
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index 6259a8f..7242516 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@ for generating delta rpm packages.
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+%if 0%{?sles_version}
 %if 0%{?sles_version} < 12
  # use sle variation with IA64 compat package generation
  install -m 0644 baselibs_global-sle.conf \
                 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/baselibs_global.conf
 %endif
+%endif
 cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/build/configs/
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 %if 0%{?sles_version}