diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c0410d..a5e8a89 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ bin/*/LICENSE
 .test_fail_then_succeed
 cookie.txt
 actions.zip
+nuv.spec
diff --git a/bin/linux/nuvfile.yml b/bin/linux/nuvfile.yml
index e470113..643a5d4 100644
--- a/bin/linux/nuvfile.yml
+++ b/bin/linux/nuvfile.yml
@@ -39,14 +39,20 @@ tasks:
     - rm -r deb-build-{{.ARCH}}
     - go-bin-deb generate -a {{.ARCH}} --version {{.VERSION}} --wd deb-build-{{.ARCH}}
     - |
-      mkdir -p rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
-      cd rpmbuild
-      sudo alien --to-rpm $NUV_PWD/../nuv_{{.VERSION}}_{{.ARCH}}.deb --scripts --generate
-      sudo mv nuv-*/*.spec SPECS
-      sudo mv nuv-*/* BUILD/
-      sudo rpmbuild --buildroot $PWD/BUILD -bb SPECS/nuv*.spec
+      export ARCH="{{.ARCH}}"
+      case "$ARCH" in
+        arm64) export TGT="arm64" ;;
+        amd64) export TGT="x86_64" ;;
+      esac
+      export VERSION="{{.VERSION}}"
+      export VER="${VERSION%%-*}"
+      cd $NUV_ROOT/linux
+      sudo alien --to-rpm nuv_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb --scripts --generate
+      cd nuv-${VER}
+      mv nuv-${VER}-*.spec ../nuv.spec
+      sudo rpmbuild --target=$TGT --buildroot=$NUV_ROOT/linux/nuv-${VER} -bb ../nuv.spec
       cd ..
-    - mv nuv-*.rpm nuv_{{.VERSION}}_{{.ARCH}}.rpm
+      mv nuv-${VER}-*.$TGT.rpm nuv_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.rpm
 
   clean: rm -r *.deb *.rpm deb-build-{{.ARCH}}
 
diff --git a/bin/nuvfile.yml b/bin/nuvfile.yml
index d32b517..0c4b1c6 100644
--- a/bin/nuvfile.yml
+++ b/bin/nuvfile.yml
@@ -244,14 +244,15 @@ tasks:
       - task: nuv
       - task: kubectl
       - task: kind
-      - task: kops
       - task: k3sup
-      - task: mc
       - task: eksctl
       - task: grep.exe
       - task: ntfy
-    # TODO: for some reasons, helm download does not work in github actions
-    #- task: helm
+      # currently not used
+      #- task: mc # it has "licensing complications"
+      #- task: kops
+      # TODO: for some reasons, helm download does not work in github actions
+      #- task: helm
 
   windows-latest:
     desc: build a msi installer for windows
diff --git a/bin/windows/wix.json b/bin/windows/wix.json
index 8449c56..5946a4c 100644
--- a/bin/windows/wix.json
+++ b/bin/windows/wix.json
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
       "../windows/amd64/kubectl.exe",
       "../windows/amd64/kind.exe",
       "../windows/amd64/k3sup.exe",
-      "../windows/amd64/kops.exe",
-      "../windows/amd64/mc.exe",
       "../windows/amd64/eksctl.exe",
       "../windows/amd64/grep.exe"
     ]