diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index a68b849..e893278 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 26 12:59:04 MDT 2012 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- Remove unconditional define of 'with_netcontrol'
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 16 09:59:52 MST 2012 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index be4ea77..1c8a62b 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 # For now, default to a full server + client build
 %define client_only        0
 
@@ -267,7 +268,6 @@ BuildRequires:  libcap-ng-devel >= 0.5.0
 %if %{with_netcf}
 BuildRequires:  netcf-devel >= 0.1.4
 %endif
-%define with_netcontrol 1
 %if %{with_netcontrol}
 BuildRequires:  libnetcontrol-devel >= 0.2.0
 %endif