diff --git a/php7-pear.spec b/php7-pear.spec
index 775cd69..d48564f 100644
--- a/php7-pear.spec
+++ b/php7-pear.spec
@@ -15,21 +15,11 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-%define v_Archive_Tar       1.4.8
-%define v_Console_Getopt    1.4.3
-%define v_PEAR              1.10.10
-%define v_Structures_Graph  1.1.1
-%define v_XML_Util          1.4.3
 
 %global peardir %{_datadir}/php7/PEAR
 %global metadir %{_localstatedir}/lib/pear
 
-%define pear_version_check(m,n)  \
-    v=$(sed -n 's/.*=>.*%{1}-\\(.*\\)\\.tar.*/\\1/p' %{SOURCE0}) \
-    if test "x${v}" != "x%{2}"; then \
-        : ERROR: Upstream %{1} version is now ${v}, expecting %{2}. \
-        exit 1 \
-    fi
+%define pear_module_version(m) %(sed -n 's/.*=>.*%{1}-\\(.*\\)\\.tar.*/\\1/p' %{SOURCE0})
 
 Name:           php7-pear
 Version:        1.10.17
@@ -45,11 +35,11 @@ Source3:        %{name}.rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  php7
 BuildRequires:  php7-phar
 Requires:       php7
-Provides:       php-pear(Archive_Tar) = %{v_Archive_Tar}
-Provides:       php-pear(Console_Getopt) = %{v_Console_Getopt}
-Provides:       php-pear(PEAR) = %{v_PEAR}
-Provides:       php-pear(Structures_Graph) = %{v_Structures_Graph}
-Provides:       php-pear(XML_Util) = %{v_XML_Util}
+Provides:       php-pear(Archive_Tar) = %pear_module_version Archive_Tar
+Provides:       php-pear(Console_Getopt) = %pear_module_version Console_Getopt
+Provides:       php-pear(PEAR) = %pear_module_version PEAR
+Provides:       php-pear(Structures_Graph) = %pear_module_version Structures_Graph
+Provides:       php-pear(XML_Util) = %pear_module_version XML_Util
 Provides:       php-pear = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      php-pear < %{version}
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -80,11 +70,7 @@ development of PHP extensions.
 See https://pecl.php.net for more details.
 
 %prep
-%pear_version_check Archive_Tar %{v_Archive_Tar}
-%pear_version_check Console_Getopt %{v_Console_Getopt}
-%pear_version_check PEAR %{v_PEAR}
-%pear_version_check Structures_Graph %{v_Structures_Graph}
-%pear_version_check XML_Util %{v_XML_Util}
+# Empty prep section, nothing to prepare
 
 %build
 # Empty build section, nothing to build