--- current/macros.orig	2017-10-11 13:34:32.288393926 +0200
+++ current/macros	2017-10-11 13:34:44.519416133 +0200
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@
   install
 
 # Maximum number of CPU's to use when building, 0 for unlimited.
-%_smp_ncpus_max 16
+#                                                                              
+# This was for some time capped at 16.  Please see                             
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=669638 and                       
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384938 for the situation        
+# surrounding this.                                                            
+#%_smp_ncpus_max 0   
 %_smp_mflags %([ -z "$RPM_BUILD_NCPUS" ] \\\
 	&& RPM_BUILD_NCPUS="`/usr/bin/getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN`"; \\\
         ncpus_max=%{?_smp_ncpus_max}; \\\