diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 90daefe6f16cf119b121a1dbe96e0c28b741b5e6..71cd45c60382129d2377384410489bfda2ca7036 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # that's still supported by the vendor. It may work on other distros
 # or versions, but no effort will be made to ensure that going forward.
 %define min_rhel 7
-%define min_fedora 27
+%define min_fedora 28
 
 %if (0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} >= %{min_fedora}) || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= %{min_rhel})
     %define supported_platform 1
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 %endif
 
 # We need a recent enough libiscsi (>= 1.18.0)
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 28 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
     %define with_storage_iscsi_direct 0%{!?_without_storage_iscsi_direct:1}
 %else
     %define with_storage_iscsi_direct 0
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pod2man
 %endif
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: git
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 27 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter
 %else
 BuildRequires: perl
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ BuildRequires: wireshark-devel >= 2.1.0
 BuildRequires: libssh-devel >= 0.7.0
 %endif
 
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 27 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 BuildRequires: rpcgen
 BuildRequires: libtirpc-devel
 %endif