diff --git a/jsch.spec b/jsch.spec
index cba6b25..53dd0b6 100644
--- a/jsch.spec
+++ b/jsch.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 #
 
 
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Name:           jsch
 Version:        0.2.15
 Release:        0
@@ -36,9 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
 BuildRequires:  jna
 BuildRequires:  jna-contrib
 BuildRequires:  slf4j
-# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
-# binaries are java 8 compatible
-%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 BuildArch:      noarch