diff --git a/helix.changes b/helix.changes
index a665a3b..9a82538 100644
--- a/helix.changes
+++ b/helix.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 30 12:51:00 UTC 2023 - Soc Virnyl Estela <socvirnyl.estela@gmail.com>
+
+- Disable usage of cargo-packaging macros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 30 12:34:13 UTC 2023 - Soc Virnyl Estela <socvirnyl.estela@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/helix.spec b/helix.spec
index 6c42f53..f6f3c88 100644
--- a/helix.spec
+++ b/helix.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Source3:        README-suse-maint.md
 Source4:        helix-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
 BuildRequires:  c_compiler
-BuildRequires:  cargo-packaging
+# Cargo packaging seems to only want the latest version of rust+cargo
+# BuildRequires:  cargo-packaging
 BuildRequires:  cargo1.66
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ sed -e '/^\#\!\/usr\/bin\/env .*/d' -i contrib/completion/hx.*
 %build
 export HELIX_DISABLE_AUTO_GRAMMAR_BUILD=true
 export TARGET="%_arch"
-%{cargo_build}
-cargo run --release -- --grammar build
+cargo build --release --offline
+cargo run --release --offline -- --grammar build
 
 # Shell completions
 sed -i "s|hx|helix|g" contrib/completion/hx.*