diff --color -urN rpm-4.16.0.orig/build/pack.c rpm-4.16.0/build/pack.c
--- rpm-4.16.0.orig/build/pack.c	2020-06-23 14:13:01.894628368 +0200
+++ rpm-4.16.0/build/pack.c	2020-10-30 21:38:40.630227852 +0100
@@ -709,10 +709,6 @@
 	headerPutBin(pkg->header, RPMTAG_SOURCEPKGID, spec->sourcePkgId,16);
     }
 
-    if (cheating) {
-	(void) rpmlibNeedsFeature(pkg, "ShortCircuited", "4.9.0-1");
-    }
-
     if ((rc = getPkgFilename(pkg->header, filename)))
 	return rc;