diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.changes b/apache-commons-codec.changes
index 87a82c1..cd0139d 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 29 08:11:16 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Don't condition the maven defines on release version, but on 
+  _maven_repository being defined
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  7 11:59:41 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 49e382c..bb3a9ba 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ ln -s %{name}-%{version} %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %doc LICENSE.txt RELEASE-NOTES.txt
 %{_javadir}/*.jar
 %{_mavenpomdir}/*
-%if %{?suse_version} > 1320
-%{_datadir}/maven-metadata/%{name}.xml
-%else
+%if %{defined _maven_repository}
 %config(noreplace) %{_mavendepmapfragdir}/%{name}
+%else
+%{_datadir}/maven-metadata/%{name}.xml
 %endif
 
 %files javadoc