diff --git a/fcoe-utils.spec b/fcoe-utils.spec
index 30fb40976542755c1badb91c7133dcba3ffede68..e94606efac8b70ded6029a6d07e7d1ca940cd572 100644
--- a/fcoe-utils.spec
+++ b/fcoe-utils.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:               fcoe-utils
 Version:            1.0.33
-Release:            3
+Release:            4
 Summary:            Fibre Channel over Ethernet utilities
 License:            GPLv2
 URL:                https://github.com/morbidrsa/fcoe-utils
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ fcoemon - service to configure DCB Ethernet QOS filters, works with lldpad
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
 cp -v %{SOURCE1} quickstart.txt
+# dropped support for software fcoe (fcoe.ko)            
+sed -i 's/^\(SUPPORTED_DRIVERS\)=".*"$/\1="bnx2fc qedf"/' etc/config            
+# make the defaults sane for supported offload drivers            
+sed -i 's/^\(DCB_REQUIRED\)=".*"$/\1="no"/' etc/cfg-ethx
 
 %build
 ./bootstrap.sh
@@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ done
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 15 2023 yanan <yanan@huawei.com> - 1.0.33-4
+- removed fcoe.ko support.
+
 * Wed Mar 03 2022 xu_ping <xuping33@huawei.com> - 1.0.33-3
 - Backport upstream patch to avoid non-X86 build break.