diff --git a/openstack-swift.spec b/openstack-swift.spec
index 6d080d3..f07c94d 100644
--- a/openstack-swift.spec
+++ b/openstack-swift.spec
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ rm -rf swift.egg-info
 # let RPM handle deps
 sed -i '/setup_requires/d; /install_requires/d; /dependency_links/d' setup.py
 
+# Remove dependency on pbr and set version as per rpm
+sed -i 's/%RPMVERSION%/%{version}/; s/%RPMRELEASE%/%{release}/' swift/__init__.py
+
 
 %build
 %{__python} setup.py build