diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0473eabb..906a1b03 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-release = 1rc01%{?dist}
+release = 1%{?dist}
 build_requires = python-devel pcp-libs-devel
 requires = python-pymongo numpy scipy MySQL-python python-pcp pcp %{?el6:python-backport_collections}