diff --git a/contrib/sssd.spec.in b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
index 428e7cc47d2..be6954353ed 100644
--- a/contrib/sssd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/sssd.spec.in
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@ unset CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER
 
 %make_install
 
-# Prepare language files
-/usr/lib/rpm/find-lang.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT sssd
-
 # Copy default logrotate file
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d
 install -m644 src/examples/logrotate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/sssd
@@ -622,35 +619,8 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -exec rm -f {} \;
 # Suppress developer-only documentation
 rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
-# Older versions of rpmbuild can only handle one -f option
-# So we need to append to the sssd*.lang file
-for file in `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{python3_sitelib} -maxdepth 1 -name "*.egg-info" 2> /dev/null`
-do
-    echo %{python3_sitelib}/`basename $file` >> python3_sssdconfig.lang
-done
-
-touch sssd.lang
-for subpackage in sssd_ldap sssd_krb5 sssd_ipa sssd_ad sssd_proxy sssd_tools \
-                  sssd_client sssd_dbus sssd_nfs_idmap sssd_winbind_idmap \
-                  libsss_certmap sssd_kcm
-do
-    touch $subpackage.lang
-done
-
-# Print these to the rpmbuild log
-echo "sssd.lang:"
-cat sssd.lang
-
-echo "python3_sssdconfig.lang:"
-cat python3_sssdconfig.lang
-
-for subpackage in sssd_ldap sssd_krb5 sssd_ipa sssd_ad sssd_proxy sssd_tools \
-                  sssd_client sssd_dbus sssd_nfs_idmap sssd_winbind_idmap \
-                  libsss_certmap sssd_kcm
-do
-    echo "$subpackage.lang:"
-    cat $subpackage.lang
-done
+rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/share/locale/*
+rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{python3_sitelib}/SSSDConfig-*egg-info
 
 %if %{use_sysusers}
 install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.conf
@@ -659,7 +629,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %files
 %license COPYING
 
-%files common -f sssd.lang
+%files common
 %license COPYING
 %doc src/examples/sssd-example.conf
 %{_sbindir}/sssd
@@ -735,7 +705,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %{_datadir}/polkit-1/rules.d/*
 %endif
 
-%files ldap -f sssd_ldap.lang
+%files ldap
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/libsss_ldap.so
 
@@ -745,7 +715,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %attr(0750,root,%{sssd_user}) %caps(%{child_capabilities}) %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/ldap_child
 %attr(0750,root,%{sssd_user}) %caps(%{child_capabilities}) %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/krb5_child
 
-%files krb5 -f sssd_krb5.lang
+%files krb5
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/libsss_krb5.so
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/krb5.conf.d/enable_sssd_conf_dir
@@ -756,12 +726,12 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %license COPYING
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/sssd_pac
 
-%files ipa -f sssd_ipa.lang
+%files ipa
 %license COPYING
 %attr(770,%{sssd_user},%{sssd_user}) %dir %{keytabdir}
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/libsss_ipa.so
 
-%files ad -f sssd_ad.lang
+%files ad
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/libsss_ad.so
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/gpo_child
@@ -771,14 +741,14 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/proxy_child
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/libsss_proxy.so
 
-%files dbus -f sssd_dbus.lang
+%files dbus
 %license COPYING
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/sssd_ifp
 # InfoPipe DBus plumbing
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.sssd.infopipe.conf
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.sssd.infopipe.service
 
-%files client -f sssd_client.lang
+%files client
 %license src/sss_client/COPYING src/sss_client/COPYING.LESSER
 %{_libdir}/libnss_sss.so.2
 %if %{build_subid}
@@ -805,7 +775,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %dir %{_libdir}/%{name}/modules
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/modules/libsss_autofs.so
 
-%files tools -f sssd_tools.lang
+%files tools
 %license COPYING
 %{_sbindir}/sss_obfuscate
 %{_sbindir}/sss_override
@@ -815,7 +785,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/sss_analyze
 %{python3_sitelib}/sssd/
 
-%files -n python3-sssdconfig -f python3_sssdconfig.lang
+%files -n python3-sssdconfig
 %dir %{python3_sitelib}/SSSDConfig
 %{python3_sitelib}/SSSDConfig/*.py*
 %dir %{python3_sitelib}/SSSDConfig/__pycache__
@@ -866,14 +836,14 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %files -n python3-libipa_hbac
 %{python3_sitearch}/pyhbac.so
 
-%files winbind-idmap -f sssd_winbind_idmap.lang
+%files winbind-idmap
 %dir %{_libdir}/samba/idmap
 %{_libdir}/samba/idmap/sss.so
 
-%files nfs-idmap -f sssd_nfs_idmap.lang
+%files nfs-idmap
 %{_libdir}/libnfsidmap/sss.so
 
-%files -n libsss_certmap -f libsss_certmap.lang
+%files -n libsss_certmap
 %license src/sss_client/COPYING src/sss_client/COPYING.LESSER
 %{_libdir}/libsss_certmap.so.*
 
@@ -883,7 +853,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 contrib/sssd.sysusers %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sssd.con
 %{_libdir}/libsss_certmap.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/sss_certmap.pc
 
-%files kcm -f sssd_kcm.lang
+%files kcm
 %{_libexecdir}/%{servicename}/sssd_kcm
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/krb5.conf.d/kcm_default_ccache
 %dir %{_datadir}/sssd-kcm