diff --git a/ikiwiki.spec b/ikiwiki.spec
index 840499c..7a9a976 100644
--- a/ikiwiki.spec
+++ b/ikiwiki.spec
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ cat << \EOF > README.fedora
 See http://ikiwiki.info/w3mmode/ for more information.
 EOF
 
+%if 0%{?rhel}
 # disable the S3 plugin for now, as perl-Net-Amazon-S3 is not
 # available on epel6 (rhbz#1125850)
 mv IkiWiki/Plugin/amazon_s3.pm{,.disabled}
+%endif # rhel
 
 
 %build