diff --git a/openblas.changes b/openblas.changes
index 3317d8c..0e7eee1 100644
--- a/openblas.changes
+++ b/openblas.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul  8 12:35:35 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not create dummy symlinks on $self in /etc/alternatives: those
+  files are packages as %ghost and any real file existance only
+  confuses brp-checks, as it detects circular symlinks.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 18 12:22:57 UTC 2021 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
diff --git a/openblas.spec b/openblas.spec
index 6957731..47a077d 100644
--- a/openblas.spec
+++ b/openblas.spec
@@ -390,13 +390,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}%{p_libdir}/pkgconfig/
 # Dummy target for update-alternatives
 install -d %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
 ln -s lib%{libname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{p_libdir}/lib%{pname}.so.0
-ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/lib%{pname}.so.0
 ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{p_libdir}/libblas.so.3
 ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{p_libdir}/libcblas.so.3
 ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{p_libdir}/liblapack.so.3
-ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/libblas.so.3
-ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/libcblas.so.3
-ln -s lib%{pname}.so.0 %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/liblapack.so.3
 
 # Fix symlinks
 pushd %{buildroot}%{p_libdir}