diff --git a/linux-glibc-devel.changes b/linux-glibc-devel.changes
index a7de120..f552062 100644
--- a/linux-glibc-devel.changes
+++ b/linux-glibc-devel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 12 20:25:24 UTC 2018 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Dont embed build system's kernel version in rpm
+  to make package build reproducible (boo#1101107)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  4 10:18:10 UTC 2018 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/linux-glibc-devel.spec b/linux-glibc-devel.spec
index 4a022af..dcfd4f0 100644
--- a/linux-glibc-devel.spec
+++ b/linux-glibc-devel.spec
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ cat > version.h <<-BOGUS
 #error ""
 #error "For the currently running kernel there will be a symbolic "
 #error "link pointing to the build environment located at "
-#error "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build for use as <path>."
+#error "/lib/modules/\$(uname -r)/build for use as <path>."
 #error ""
 #error "If you are seeing this message, your environment is "
 #error "not configured properly. "