diff --git a/mono-core.spec b/mono-core.spec
index 0a8fda35b0..8e2db48e4a 100644
--- a/mono-core.spec
+++ b/mono-core.spec
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ Provides:       mono(System.Xml) = 1.0.5000.0
 Provides:       mono(mscorlib) = 1.0.5000.0
 
 %define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0
-%define __find_provides env sh -c 'filelist=($(cat)) && { printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides && printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-find-provides ; } | sort | uniq | grep -v '^#''
-%define __find_requires env sh -c 'filelist=($(cat)) && { printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires && printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-find-requires ; } | sort | uniq | grep -v '^#"'
+%define __find_provides env sh -c 'filelist=($(cat)) && { printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides && printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-find-provides; } | sort | uniq'
+%define __find_requires env sh -c 'filelist=($(cat)) && { printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires && printf "%s\\n" "${filelist[@]}" | prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mono-find-requires; } | sort | uniq | grep ^...'
 
 %description
 The Mono Project is an open development initiative that is working to