diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index e188abd..f10ca3c 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mpi/gcc/*/share/hdf5_examples
 %endif
 
 # rpm macro for version checking
-# SLES 11 doesn't like numbers in macros, apparently
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm
 cat > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.hdf5 <<EOF
 #
@@ -616,8 +615,6 @@ cat > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.hdf5 <<EOF
 #
 %_hdf5_sonum  %{sonum}
 %_hdf5_version  %{version}
-%_hdffive_sonum  %{sonum}
-%_hdffive_version  %{version}
 EOF
 
 %check