diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index bd08222527..e82845a50f 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: automake
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: libtool
+%endif
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pod2man
 # Replace with python3-docutils when we drop py2 support
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/rst2html
-%endif
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: git
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7