diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index 91f677f..33ac05a 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -2167,18 +2167,20 @@ $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS 2>&1"
             notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building the srpm package""${NORM}..."
             # as the dependencies check is done before, it is safe to pass
             # --nodeps to non-simulated build commands.
+            # NOTE: it seems that since rpm 4.16 above is not true thus
+            # --nodeps has been removed from build commands
             eval "\
-rpmbuild -bs $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
+rpmbuild -bs $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts \
 $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
          elif [ "$nosrpm" = 1 ]; then
             notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building the rpm packages""${NORM}..."
             eval "\
-rpmbuild -bb $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
+rpmbuild -bb $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts \
 $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
          else
             notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building rpm and srpm packages""${NORM}..."
             eval "\
-rpmbuild -ba $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts --nodeps \
+rpmbuild -ba $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts \
 $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
          fi
          local rpmbuild_retcode="$?"