diff --git a/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/build-rpm.sh b/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/build-rpm.sh
index f7bed4d84bdc..016dc750eded 100755
--- a/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/build-rpm.sh
+++ b/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/build-rpm.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 PACKAGE=openstack-xen-plugins
-RPMBUILD_DIR=$PWD/rpmbuild
+THIS_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)
+RPMBUILD_DIR="$THIS_DIR/rpmbuild"
+
 if [ ! -d $RPMBUILD_DIR ]; then
     echo $RPMBUILD_DIR is missing
     exit 1
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ done
 
 rm -rf /tmp/$PACKAGE
 mkdir /tmp/$PACKAGE
-cp -r ../etc/xapi.d /tmp/$PACKAGE
+cp -r "$THIS_DIR/../etc/xapi.d" /tmp/$PACKAGE
 tar czf $RPMBUILD_DIR/SOURCES/$PACKAGE.tar.gz -C /tmp $PACKAGE
 
 rpmbuild -ba --nodeps --define "_topdir $RPMBUILD_DIR" \
diff --git a/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/rpmbuild/SPECS/openstack-xen-plugins.spec b/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/rpmbuild/SPECS/openstack-xen-plugins.spec
index 19b508d2e1a4..66c13967edbb 100644
--- a/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/rpmbuild/SPECS/openstack-xen-plugins.spec
+++ b/plugins/xenserver/xenapi/contrib/rpmbuild/SPECS/openstack-xen-plugins.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:          Applications/Utilities
 Source0:        openstack-xen-plugins.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Requires:       parted
 
 %define debug_package %{nil}