diff --git a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
index 2e43232098..6e09878c2f 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.groovy/component.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Name: awips2-groovy
 Summary: AWIPS II Groovy Distribution
 Version: %{_groovy_version}
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 1
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/component.spec
index 1c4562a883..67215dc739 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-ldm
 Summary: AWIPS II LDM Distribution
 Version: %{_ldm_version}
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 1
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: /tmp
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.pgadmin/component.spec b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.pgadmin/component.spec
index aef159c6be..b44831c65d 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.pgadmin/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.pgadmin/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-pgadmin3
 Summary: AWIPS II pgadmin3 Distribution
 Version: %{_pgadmin3_version}
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 2
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.cherrypy/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.cherrypy/component.spec
index e4f127c464..32ba0a3f1c 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.cherrypy/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.cherrypy/component.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-cherrypy
 Summary: AWIPS II Python cherrypy Site-Package
 Version: 3.1.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.dynamicserialize/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.dynamicserialize/component.spec
index 18d4bd2faa..7d4b8deb3b 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.dynamicserialize/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.dynamicserialize/component.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 Name: awips2-python-dynamicserialize
 Summary: AWIPS II Python dynamicserialize Distribution
 Version: %{_component_version}
-Release: %{_component_release}
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -67,4 +66,4 @@ rm -rf %{_build_root}
 %files
 %defattr(644,awips,fxalpha,755)
 %dir /awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages
-/awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.h5py/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.h5py/component.spec
index ee361d6015..ea890beebe 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.h5py/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.h5py/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-h5py
 Summary: AWIPS II Python h5py Distribution
 Version: 1.3.0
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.jimporter/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.jimporter/component.spec
index a8e159eb9b..b490d063f3 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.jimporter/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.jimporter/component.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 Name: awips2-python-jimporter
 Summary: AWIPS II Python JavaImporter Distribution
 Version: %{_component_version}
-Release: %{_component_release}
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -65,4 +64,4 @@ rm -rf %{_build_root}
 %files
 %defattr(644,awips,fxalpha,755)
 %dir /awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages
-/awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/awips2/python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/*
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.nose/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.nose/component.spec
index dfc54065b9..149d8643ea 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.nose/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.nose/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-nose
 Summary: AWIPS II Python nose Distribution
 Version: 0.11.1
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.numpy/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.numpy/component.spec
index 6a045a369c..6b255f237c 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.numpy/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.numpy/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-numpy
 Summary: AWIPS II Python numpy Distribution
 Version: 1.5.0
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pil/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pil/component.spec
index a455fa1dfc..8acd7b9920 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pil/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pil/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-pil
 Summary: AWIPS II Python pil Distribution
 Version: 1.1.6
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pmw/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pmw/component.spec
index bc5ef2c303..c69413066e 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pmw/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pmw/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-pmw
 Summary: AWIPS II Python pmw Distribution
 Version: 1.3.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pupynere/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pupynere/component.spec
index bfd63b3229..7c114f6eb8 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pupynere/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pupynere/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-pupynere
 Summary: AWIPS II Python pupynere Distribution
 Version: 1.0.13
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pycairo/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pycairo/component.spec
index 958722c783..4a194e8c6c 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pycairo/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pycairo/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-pycairo
 Summary: AWIPS II Python pycairo Distribution
 Version: 1.2.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pygtk/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pygtk/component.spec
index 13fc8e0484..549250d389 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pygtk/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.pygtk/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-pygtk
 Summary: AWIPS II Python pygtk Distribution
 Version: 2.8.6
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scientific/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scientific/component.spec
index c0e9154d51..009c47ecef 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scientific/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scientific/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-scientific
 Summary: AWIPS II Python scientific Distribution
 Version: 2.8
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scipy/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scipy/component.spec
index 35658b883e..358f431927 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scipy/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.scipy/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-scipy
 Summary: AWIPS II Python scipy Distribution
 Version: 0.8.0
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tables/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tables/component.spec
index be855fa1f1..779d073b1c 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tables/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tables/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-tables
 Summary: AWIPS II Python tables Distribution
 Version: 2.1.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}%{?dist}
+Release: 4
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: %{_build_arch}
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.thrift/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.thrift/component.spec
index ac90cc7f6f..0620ffb816 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.thrift/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.thrift/component.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-thrift
 Summary: AWIPS II Python thrift Distribution
 Version: 20080411p1
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tpg/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tpg/component.spec
index 229149b4ef..1aaf7cf3f1 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tpg/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.tpg/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-tpg
 Summary: AWIPS II Python tpg Distribution
 Version: 3.1.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch
diff --git a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.werkzeug/component.spec b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.werkzeug/component.spec
index af5dbd6782..0b0dd0a71a 100644
--- a/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.werkzeug/component.spec
+++ b/rpms/python.site-packages/Installer.werkzeug/component.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Name: awips2-python-werkzeug
 Summary: AWIPS II Python werkzeug Distribution
 Version: 3.1.2
-Release: %{_component_version}.%{_component_release}
+Release: 3 
 Group: AWIPSII
 BuildRoot: %{_build_root}
 BuildArch: noarch