diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 6195358..2b93e66 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@
 
 %bcond_with ringdisabled
 
-%global build_flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
-%if "%build_flavor" == ""
-%undefine build_flavor
+# there are more fancy ways to define a package name using magic
+# macros but OBS and the bots that rely on parser information from
+# OBS can't deal with all of them
+%if "@BUILD_FLAVOR@" == ""
+%define name coreutils
 %else
+%define name coreutils-@BUILD_FLAVOR@
 %if %{with ringdisabled}
 ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 %endif
 %endif
 
-Name:           coreutils%{?build_flavor:-%build_flavor}
+Name:           %name
 Summary:        GNU Core Utilities
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          System/Base