diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 7f397bb972a867bf6f3a96a550aee6bc0b0c319e..cb1c43972b27235e4e688ad4ff3b7c854053f88b 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           automake
 Version:        1.18
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        A tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later and GFDL-1.3-only and Public Domain and MIT
 URL:            https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ autoreconf -iv
 %install
 %make_install
 
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/README
+
 %check
 %make_build check
 
-rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/README
-
 %files
 %doc README
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/*.tar.gz
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/README
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 03 2025 laokz <zhangkai@iscas.ac.cn> - 1.18-2
+- chore: move 'rm' command to %install section
+
 * Wed May 28 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.18-1
 - update to 1.18
 - unify config.guess and config.sub to those shipped with distro