diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 936452d..fc3488c 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Fri Apr 24 10:07:55 UTC 2015 - joerg.lorenzen@ki.tng.de
 
 - Build against qt5 for openSUSE > 13.2.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 21 12:33:01 UTC 2015 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- remove build host name (again) from binaries
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 14 10:38:47 UTC 2015 - aloisio@gmx.com
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 584ddf3..7afc5ba 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ date
 sed -e 's/tar cvv/tar cvv --format=ustar/' -i share/Makefile
 %endif
 
+# make sure the build hostname is not embedded in the binaries -- or we'll
+# continuously republish packages -- seife
+### ONLY REMOVE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
+sed -i 's/^#define.*VLC_COMPILE_HOST.*/#define VLC_COMPILE_HOST "obs-build"/' config.h
+
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install