diff --git a/metpx-sr3.spec b/metpx-sr3.spec
index c089a70ed..20e3ae5ff 100644
--- a/metpx-sr3.spec
+++ b/metpx-sr3.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Source:         %{url}/archive/v%{version}/metpx-sr3-%{version}.tar.gz / %{pypi_
 BuildArch:      noarch / BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 
-Requires: python3-appdirs, python3-humanfriendly, python3-humanize, python3-jsonpickle, python3-paramiko, python3-psutil
+Requires: python3-appdirs, python3-humanfriendly, python3-humanize, python3-jsonpickle, python3-paramiko, python3-psutil, python3-xattr
 
 %global _description %{expand:
 MetPX-sr3 (Sarracenia v3) is a data duplication or distribution pump that leverage
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6129f7642..295a4036f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ dependencies =[
         'python-magic-bin; sys_platform == "win32"'
 ]
 
+# NOTE:
+# on Redhat, when building an rpm, need to replace the 
+# python-magic (last two lines of dependencies above )
+# by either nothing (older releases) or *file-magic* (fc39
+#        'file-magic'
+
 [project.scripts]
 sr3 = "sarracenia.sr:main"
 sr3_post = "sarracenia.sr_post:main"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35f1fbddc..443f36940 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ paramiko
 psutil>=5.3.0
 watchdog
 xattr; sys_platform!='win32'
-python-magic; sys_platform!='win32'
-python-magic-bin; sys_platform=='win32'
+#python-magic; sys_platform!='win32'
+#python-magic-bin; sys_platform=='win32'