diff --git a/SPECS/babel.spec b/SPECS/babel.spec
index 6813758..f273769 100644
--- a/SPECS/babel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/babel.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 Name:           babel
 Version:        2.5.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        5%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tools for internationalizing Python applications
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ Patch0:         babel-2.3.4-remove-pytz-version.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-%if %{?rhel} <= 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python2-pytz
 BuildRequires:  python2-pytest
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  platform-python-setuptools
 %if !%{bootstrap}
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytz
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python2-sphinx
 BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx
 %endif
 Requires:       python3-babel
-Requires:       python3-setuptools
+Requires:       platform-python-setuptools
 %else
 BuildRequires:  python2-sphinx
 Requires:       python2-babel
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Babel is composed of two major parts:
 %package -n python3-babel
 Summary:        %sum
 
-Requires:       python3-setuptools
+Requires:       platform-python-setuptools
 Requires:       python3-pytz
 
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-babel}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Documentation for Babel
 %autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
 
 %build
-%if %{?rhel} <= 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 %py2_build
 %endif
 %py3_build
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ rm -f "$BUILDDIR/html/.buildinfo"
 
 %install
 %if %{default_python} >= 3
-%if %{?rhel} <= 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 %py2_install
 %endif
 %py3_install
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ rm -f "$BUILDDIR/html/.buildinfo"
 rm tests/messages/test_frontend.py
 
 export TZ=America/New_York
-%if %{?rhel} <= 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 %{__python2} setup.py test
 %endif
 %if !%{bootstrap}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export TZ=America/New_York
 %license LICENSE
 %{_bindir}/pybabel
 
-%if %{?rhel} <= 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 %files -n python2-babel
 %{python2_sitelib}/Babel-%{version}-py*.egg-info
 %{python2_sitelib}/babel
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ export TZ=America/New_York
 %doc built-docs/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 28 2019 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-5
+- make spec file work without %%rhel being defined
+
+* Tue Mar 26 2019 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-4
+- depend on platform-python-setuptools rather than python3-setuptools (#1650487)
+
 * Mon Jun 18 2018 Petr Viktorin <pviktori@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-3
 - Remove the freezegun dependency