diff --git a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
index dee8758..b425ddd 100644
--- a/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/kernel-binary.spec.in
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ cd linux-%srcversion
 	--vanilla \
 %endif
 	%_sourcedir/series.conf .. $SYMBOLS
+%if 0%{?usrmerged}
+# fix MODLIB so kmps install to /usr
+sed -ie 's,/lib/modules/,%{kernel_module_directory}/,' linux-%kernelrelease%variant/Makefile scripts/depmod.sh
+%endif
 
 cd %kernel_build_dir
 
@@ -606,14 +610,6 @@ done
 
 %install
 
-%if 0%{?usrmerged}
-# add symlink for usrmerge so install scripts will just follow the
-# link and end up placing files in /usr/lib. The link will be
-# removed later and is not packaged here.
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/lib
-ln -s usr/lib %{buildroot}/lib
-%endif
-
 # get rid of /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip-debug
 # strip removes too much from the vmlinux ELF binary
 export NO_BRP_STRIP_DEBUG=true
@@ -938,10 +934,6 @@ if [ %CONFIG_MODULES = y ]; then
 fi
 
 rm -rf %{buildroot}/lib/firmware
-%if 0%{?usrmerged}
-# remove usrmerge aid
-rm %{buildroot}/lib
-%endif
 
 add_dirs_to_filelist() {
     sed -rn '
diff --git a/rpm/kernel-source.spec.in b/rpm/kernel-source.spec.in
index 5c3c45a..2ee8e11 100644
--- a/rpm/kernel-source.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/kernel-source.spec.in
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ find . -xtype l -delete -printf "deleted '%f'\n"
 if test "%srcversion" != "%kernelrelease%variant"; then
 	mv linux-%srcversion linux-%kernelrelease%variant
 fi
-%if 0%{?usrmerged}
-# fix MODLIB so kmps install to /usr
-sed -ie 's,/lib/modules/,%{kernel_module_directory}/,' linux-%kernelrelease%variant/Makefile
-%endif
 
 %if %do_vanilla
 	cp -al \
@@ -227,6 +223,10 @@ sed -ie 's,/lib/modules/,%{kernel_module_directory}/,' linux-%kernelrelease%vari
 cd linux-%kernelrelease-vanilla
 %_sourcedir/apply-patches --vanilla %_sourcedir/series.conf %my_builddir %symbols
 rm -f $(find . -name ".gitignore")
+%if 0%{?usrmerged}
+# fix MODLIB so kmps install to /usr
+sed -ie 's,/lib/modules/,%{kernel_module_directory}/,' linux-%kernelrelease%variant/Makefile scripts/depmod.sh
+%endif
 # Hardlink duplicate files automatically (from package fdupes).
 %fdupes $PWD
 cd ..
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ rm -f $(find . -name ".gitignore")
 if [ -f %_sourcedir/localversion ] ; then
     cat %_sourcedir/localversion > localversion
 fi
+%if 0%{?usrmerged}
+# fix MODLIB so kmps install to /usr
+sed -ie 's,/lib/modules/,%{kernel_module_directory}/,' linux-%kernelrelease%variant/Makefile scripts/depmod.sh
+%endif
 # Hardlink duplicate files automatically (from package fdupes).
 %fdupes $PWD
 cd ..