diff --git a/python-libnacl.changes b/python-libnacl.changes
index c4bf82e..4ab67cf 100644
--- a/python-libnacl.changes
+++ b/python-libnacl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 14 13:07:31 UTC 2016 - dmacvicar@suse.de
+
+- remove the escaped epoch to prevent the build service to
+  auto replace it and break the macro.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 14 09:31:03 UTC 2016 - dmacvicar@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-libnacl.spec b/python-libnacl.spec
index 1338374..0e06720 100644
--- a/python-libnacl.spec
+++ b/python-libnacl.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 # make sure we require the libsodium version we were built with
 # this is extracted from the requires_eq macro because we need the -a parameter to expand the wildcard in the package name.
-%(LC_ALL=C rpm -q -a --qf "Requires: %%{name}(%{__isa}) = %%%{version}\n" 'libsodium*' | grep -v libsodium-devel | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
+%(LC_ALL=C rpm -q -a --qf "Requires: %%{name}(%{__isa}) = %%{version}\n" 'libsodium*' | grep -v libsodium-devel | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
 
 %description
 This library is used to gain direct access to the functions exposed by Daniel J. Bernstein's nacl library via libsodium.