diff --git a/ghc-deps.sh b/ghc-deps.sh
index 9a104b0..ffd0d10 100755
--- a/ghc-deps.sh
+++ b/ghc-deps.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for i in $files; do
         # exclude rts.conf
         $PKGCONFDIR/*-*.conf)
             name=$(grep "^name: " $i | sed -e "s/name: //")
-            ids=$($GHC_PKG field $name $field | sed -e "s/ rts\b//" -e "s/bin-package-db-[^ ]\+//")
+            ids=$($GHC_PKG field $name $field | sed -e "s/ rts[^-]//")
             for d in $ids; do
                 case $d in
                     *-*-internal) ;;
diff --git a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
index 04b1109..35205d1 100644
--- a/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/ghc-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           ghc-rpm-macros
-Version:        2.3.8
+Version:        2.3.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Haskell packages for GHC
 
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ EOF
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 20 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.9-1
+- ghc-deps.sh: only exclude unversioned rts.conf
+
 * Mon Dec 20 2021 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.8-1
 - _arch fits Cabal better for ghclibplatform