diff -ru ../avocado-62.0.ORIG/optional_plugins/runner_remote/setup.py ./optional_plugins/runner_remote/setup.py
--- ../avocado-62.0.ORIG/optional_plugins/runner_remote/setup.py	2018-06-12 12:06:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ./optional_plugins/runner_remote/setup.py	2018-06-13 10:11:28.610118149 -0500
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 # Copyright: Red Hat Inc. 2017
 # Author: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
 
-import sys
+import distro
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
-if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+if distro.linux_distribution()[0] == 'Fedora' and \
+   distro.linux_distribution()[1] >= '29':
     fabric = 'Fabric3<2.0.0'
 else:
     fabric = 'fabric<2.0.0'