diff --git a/centos/SPECS/git.spec b/centos/SPECS/git.spec
index 209bbd4..926464d 100644
--- a/centos/SPECS/git.spec
+++ b/centos/SPECS/git.spec
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ BuildRequires:  zlib-devel >= 1.2
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 %endif
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 BuildRequires:  platform-python-devel
+%endif
 Requires:       less
 Requires:       openssh-clients
 Requires:       perl(Error)
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ Perl interface to Git.
 %patch1 -p1
 
 # Fix pyton path for python 3.6:
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 for f in \
 contrib/hooks/multimail/git_multimail.py \
 contrib/hooks/multimail/migrate-mailhook-config \
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.0.5.txt \
 git-instaweb.sh git-p4.py; do 
 	pathfix.py -pni /usr/bin/python3 $f 
 done
+%endif
 
 %if %{use_prebuilt_docs}
 mkdir -p prebuilt_docs/{html,man}
@@ -511,7 +515,11 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{!?_without_docs: %doc Documentation/*.html Documentation/docbook-xsl.css}
 %{!?_without_docs: %doc Documentation/howto Documentation/technical}
 %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 %{_pkgdocdir}-%{version}/*
+%else
+%{_pkgdocdir}/*
+%endif
 
 %files bzr
 %defattr(-,root,root)