diff --git a/spack-recipes-rpmlintrc b/spack-recipes-rpmlintrc
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-# These files are patches and not to be run directly
-addFilter("script-without-shebang")
-# These files are installed as part of the spack recipes
-# and shouldn't be in a devel package
-addFilter("devel-file-in-non-devel-package*")
-# No group any more
-addFilter("non-standard-group Unspecified")
-# Spurious self-applying patches from an upstream source.
-# These are part of recipes and not intended to run as scripts.
-addFilter("non-executable-script /var/lib/spack/repos.*")