diff --git a/rpm/containerd.spec b/rpm/containerd.spec
index 3bdd55fd..2d0e271b 100644
--- a/rpm/containerd.spec
+++ b/rpm/containerd.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ AutoReq: no
 
 Name: containerd.io
 Provides: containerd
+# For some reason on rhel 8 if we "provide" runc then it makes this package unsearchable
+%if 0%{!?el8:1}
 Provides: runc
+%endif
 
 # Obsolete packages
 Obsoletes: containerd
@@ -151,6 +154,9 @@ install -p -m 644 man/*.5 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man5
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 13 2019 Eli Uriegas <eli.uriegas@docker.com> - 1.2.6-3.4
+- Do not "Provides: runc" for RHEL 8
+
 * Tue Jun 11 2019 Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com> - 1.2.6-3.3
 - add requirement for container-selinux
 - move runc binary to %_bindir
diff --git a/scripts/new-rpm-release b/scripts/new-rpm-release
index e874beb5..eb5b0f8f 100755
--- a/scripts/new-rpm-release
+++ b/scripts/new-rpm-release
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ RPM_VERSION=$(echo "${RPM_VER_BITS}" | cut -f1 -d' ')
 RPM_RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo "${RPM_VER_BITS}" | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's/\.[0-9]*$//')
 RPM_ITERATION=1
 
-echo "$RPM_RELEASE_VERSION"
-
-while grep "$RPM_VERSION-$RPM_RELEASE_VERSION.$RPM_ITERATION" rpm/runc.spec >/dev/null 2>&1;do
+while grep "$RPM_VERSION-$RPM_RELEASE_VERSION.$RPM_ITERATION" "${SPEC_FILE}" >/dev/null 2>&1;do
     ((++RPM_ITERATION))
 done