diff --git a/controlhub/pkg/cactuscore-controlhub.spec.template b/controlhub/pkg/cactuscore-controlhub.spec.template
index fbe11b3f4..7d3d73869 100644
--- a/controlhub/pkg/cactuscore-controlhub.spec.template
+++ b/controlhub/pkg/cactuscore-controlhub.spec.template
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ Name: %{name}
 Summary: IPbus packet-router
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}
-License: BSD License
-URL: http://www.erlang.org/
-Group: CACTUS
+License: GPLv3
+URL: https://ipbus.web.cern.ch/ipbus
 Source: %{tarball_file}
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 Requires: psmisc rsyslog logrotate
diff --git a/extern/boost/cactuscore-extern-boost.spec b/extern/boost/cactuscore-extern-boost.spec
index 0cfd32d74..d3aecc960 100644
--- a/extern/boost/cactuscore-extern-boost.spec
+++ b/extern/boost/cactuscore-extern-boost.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Release: %{release}
 Packager: %{packager}
 Summary: Boost Library packaged for the CACTUS project
 License: Boost Software License
-Group: CACTUS
 Source: %{tarball_file}
 URL:  http://www.boost.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot 
diff --git a/extern/erlang/cactuscore-extern-erlang.spec b/extern/erlang/cactuscore-extern-erlang.spec
index 1001118de..8023962c2 100644
--- a/extern/erlang/cactuscore-extern-erlang.spec
+++ b/extern/erlang/cactuscore-extern-erlang.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}
 License: Erlang Public License (EPL) 
 URL: http://www.erlang.org/
-Group: CACTUS 
 Source: %{tarball_file}
 Requires: gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot 
diff --git a/extern/pugixml/cactuscore-extern-pugixml.spec b/extern/pugixml/cactuscore-extern-pugixml.spec
index 410812b14..f9b878ecb 100644
--- a/extern/pugixml/cactuscore-extern-pugixml.spec
+++ b/extern/pugixml/cactuscore-extern-pugixml.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Release: %{release}
 Packager: %{packager}
 Summary: PugiXML - Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support 
 License: MIT License
-Group: CACTUS
 Source: %{zip_file}
 URL:  http://pugixml.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot 
diff --git a/uhal/config/specTemplate.spec b/uhal/config/specTemplate.spec
index 58d926fd1..a1e2f4b7d 100644
--- a/uhal/config/specTemplate.spec
+++ b/uhal/config/specTemplate.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Release: %{_release}
 Packager: %{_author}
 Summary: %{_summary}
 License: GPLv3
-Group: CACTUS
 Source: %{_source}
 URL: %{_url} 
 BuildArch: 
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ __description__
 %if %{defined _build_debuginfo_package}
 %package -n %{_packagename}-debuginfo
 Summary:  Debuginfo package for %{_summary}
-Group:    Applications/XDAQ
 
 %description -n %{_packagename}-debuginfo
 __description__