diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 7f397bb972a867bf6f3a96a550aee6bc0b0c319e..1e64db6485d3b843e3e86a87bf1ec6b951b51e00 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/
@@ -39,16 +39,13 @@ autoreconf -iv
 %check
 %make_build check
 
-rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/README
-
 %files
 %doc README
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/*.tar.gz
 %license COPYING* AUTHORS doc/automake.info
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/automake-%{version}
-%dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
-%{_datadir}/aclocal-%{version}
+%{_datadir}/aclocal*
 
 %files help
 %doc THANKS NEWS
@@ -56,6 +53,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/README
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 03 2025 laokz <zhangkai@iscas.ac.cn> - 1.18-2
+- chore: don't remove aclocal/README. Suggested by fly_fzc@gitee
+
 * 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