diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index de76878bc6..880051b6f8 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1240,8 +1240,6 @@ cp -a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/nwfilter/*.xml \
 # libvirt saves these files with mode 600
 chmod 600 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/nwfilter/*.xml
 
-# Strip auto-generated UUID - we need it generated per-install
-sed -i -e "/<uuid>/d" $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/libvirt/networks/default.xml
 %if ! %{with_qemu}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/libvirtd_qemu.aug
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug
@@ -1422,9 +1420,7 @@ if test $1 -eq 1 && test ! -f %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml ;
         ;;
     esac
 
-    UUID=`/usr/bin/uuidgen`
     sed -e "s/${orig_sub}/${sub}/g" \
-        -e "s,</name>,</name>\n  <uuid>$UUID</uuid>," \
          < %{_datadir}/libvirt/networks/default.xml \
          > %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml
     ln -s ../default.xml %{_sysconfdir}/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml