diff --git a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/build b/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/build
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b9553a8d8..00000000000
--- a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-abinfo "Doing nothing"
-mkdir -p "$PKGDIR"
diff --git a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/defines b/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/defines
index 5c7d1035eae..eab87bbe584 100644
--- a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/defines
+++ b/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/autobuild/defines
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ PKGNAME=ilmbase
 PKGSEC=libs
 PKGDEP="openexr"
 PKGDES="Transitional package for OpenEXR"
-PKGEPOCH=1
+
+ABTYPE=dummy
+ABHOST=noarch
diff --git a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/spec b/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/spec
index 16b35030be7..041371be01f 100644
--- a/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/spec
+++ b/runtime-imaging/ilmbase/spec
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+EPOCH=1
 VER=0
+REL=1
 DUMMYSRC=1