diff --git a/SPECS/cockpit.spec b/SPECS/cockpit.spec
index 575536e..d2939a7 100644
--- a/SPECS/cockpit.spec
+++ b/SPECS/cockpit.spec
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 # by tools/gen-spec-dependencies during "make dist", but keep a hardcoded fallback
 %define required_base 122
 
-%if 0%{?centos}
-%define rhel 0
-%endif
+#%if 0%{?centos}
+#%define rhel 0
+#%endif
 
 # for testing this already gets set in fedora.install, as we want the target
 # VERSION_ID, not the mock chroot's one
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 # on RHEL 7.x we build subscriptions; superseded later by
 # external subscription-manager-cockpit
-%if 0%{?rhel} >= 7 && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+%if (0%{?rhel} >= 7 && 0%{?rhel} < 8) && 0%{?centos} == 0
 %define build_subscriptions 1
 %endif
 
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ via PackageKit.
 %endif # build optional extension packages
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Nov  4 2018 Johnny Hughes <johnny@centos.org> 173-7
+- Manual CentOS Debranding
+
 * Tue Sep 25 2018 Martin Pitt <mpitt@redhat.com> 173-7
 - Build against fixed build root with all architectures again rhbz#1628490