diff --git a/SPECS/glusterfs.spec b/SPECS/glusterfs.spec
index ed64fc14..ea7cd7a1 100644
--- a/SPECS/glusterfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/glusterfs.spec
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 %global _without_ocf --without-ocf
 %endif
 
-%if ( 0%{?fedora} ) || ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} > 7 )
+%if ( 0%{?fedora} ) || ( 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= 7 )
 %global _usepython3 1
 %global _pythonver 3
 %else
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
 %if ( 0%{!?rhel} )
 # not on RHEL because firewalld-filesystem appeared in 7.3
 # when EL7 rpm gets weak dependencies we can add a Suggests:
-Requires:         firewalld-filesystem
+#Requires:         firewalld-filesystem
 %endif
 %endif
 %if ( 0%{?fedora} ) || ( 0%{?rhel} )