diff --git a/openloops.spec b/openloops.spec
index 709dc1f7171..eba080a7961 100644
--- a/openloops.spec
+++ b/openloops.spec
@@ -1,31 +1,38 @@
-### RPM external openloops 2.0.b
-%define tag 0f0826bd718dc28dcc8a457acb59de678b011b96
+### RPM external openloops 2.0.0
+%define tag df5dc23c322dd460c4f8f3cdfa331bb190c647f6
 %define branch cms/v%{realversion}
 %define github_user cms-externals
+
 Source: git+https://github.com/%github_user/openloops.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{tag}.tgz
 
 BuildRequires: python scons
 
-Patch0: openloops-1.2.3-cpp-use-undef
-
 %define keep_archives true
 
 %prep
 %setup -n %{n}-%{realversion}
-#%patch0 -p1
+#change the repo from remote to local files
+sed -i -e 's|http:/|%{_builddir}/localrepo|' pyol/config/default.cfg
 
 %build
 cat << \EOF >> openloops.cfg
 [OpenLoops]
 fortran_compiler = gfortran
-gfortran_f90_flags = -ffixed-line-length-0 -ffree-line-length-0 -O0
+gfortran_f90_flags = -ffixed-line-length-0 -ffree-line-length-0
+generic_optimisation = -O2
+born_optimisation = -O2
 loop_optimisation = -O0
-generic_optimisation = -O0
-born_optimisation = -O0
+link_optimisation = -O2
 EOF
 
 ./openloops update --processes generator=0
 
+#get remote repo data locally, for 7_1 urllib2.urlopen uses ssl version which fails the communication with the server
+wget -r -np --reject "index.html*" https://www.physik.uzh.ch/data/openloops/repositories/public/processes/ -P %{_builddir}/localrepo
+wget -r -np --reject "index.html*" https://www.physik.uzh.ch/data/openloops/repositories/public/collections/ -P  %{_builddir}/localrepo
+#build the libs
+./openloops libinstall all.coll
+
 %install
 mkdir %i/{lib,proclib}
 cp lib/*.so %i/lib
diff --git a/sherpa.spec b/sherpa.spec
index 76e0d39db50..f628b6a4175 100644
--- a/sherpa.spec
+++ b/sherpa.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-### RPM external sherpa 2.2.5
-%define tag 600078cc741021be898f15563235cf6c809ca5ff
+### RPM external sherpa 2.2.6
+%define tag ea0b6f6f50f77d2f7479ba81d0715e23b69eabee
 %define branch cms/v%realversion
 %define github_user cms-externals
 Source: git+https://github.com/%github_user/%{n}.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{tag}.tgz
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Requires: openloops
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{n}-%{realversion}
-
+sed -i -e 's|^\s*Manual \s*\\$|\\|' Makefile.am
 autoreconf -i --force
 
 # Force architecture based on %%cmsplatf
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ esac
             MPICXX="mpicxx" \
             FC="mpifort" \
             CXXFLAGS="-fuse-cxa-atexit $ARCH_CMSPLATF -O2 -std=c++0x -I$LHAPDF_ROOT/include -I$BLACKHAT_ROOT/include -I$OPENSSL_ROOT/include" \
-            LDFLAGS="-ldl -L$BLACKHAT_ROOT/lib/blackhat -L$QD_ROOT/lib -L$OPENSSL_ROOT/lib"
+            LDFLAGS="-ldl -L$BLACKHAT_ROOT/lib/blackhat -L$QD_ROOT/lib -L$OPENSSL_ROOT/lib" MAKEINFO=true
 
 make %{makeprocesses}