diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_rpm.py
@@ -513,8 +513,7 @@
         # that we open and interpolate into the spec file, but the defaults
         # are just text that we drop in as-is.  Hmmm.
 
-        install_cmd = ('%s install -O1 --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT '
-                       '--record=INSTALLED_FILES') % def_setup_call
+        install_cmd = '%s install -O1 --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT' % def_setup_call
 
         script_options = [
             ('prep', 'prep_script', "%setup -n %{name}-%{unmangled_version}"),
@@ -545,7 +544,8 @@
         # files section
         spec_file.extend([
             '',
-            '%files -f INSTALLED_FILES',
+            '%files',
+            '/',
             '%defattr(-,root,root)',
             ])