diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.sh b/utils/rpms/daos.sh
index 51f8c40e523..238e20874f2 100755
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.sh
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ install_list+=("${tmp}${sysconfdir}/daos/certs=${sysconfdir}/daos")
 EXTRA_OPTS+=("--rpm-attr" "0755,root,root:${sysconfdir}/daos/certs")
 
 DEPENDS=( "mercury >= ${mercury_version}" )
+DEPENDS+=( "${isal_lib} >= ${isal_version}" )
 DEPENDS+=( "${isal_crypto_lib} >= ${isal_crypto_version}" )
 build_package "daos"
 
@@ -432,8 +433,7 @@ DEPENDS+=("${openmpi_lib}")
 list_files files "${SL_PREFIX}/lib64/libdpar_mpi.so"
 clean_bin "${files[@]}"
 append_install_list "${files[@]}"
-# Don't do autoreq, we know we need OpenMPI so add it explicitly
-build_package "daos-client-tests-openmpi" "noautoreq"
+build_package "daos-client-tests-openmpi"
 
 #shim packages
 PACKAGE_TYPE="empty"
diff --git a/utils/rpms/fpm_common.sh b/utils/rpms/fpm_common.sh
index dfa508d79fb..6bb1095bc06 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/fpm_common.sh
+++ b/utils/rpms/fpm_common.sh
@@ -153,9 +153,6 @@ create_opts() {
 
 build_package() {
   name="$1"; shift
-  if [ "${1-}" != "noautoreq" ]; then
-    EXTRA_OPTS+=("--rpm-autoreq")
-  fi
 
   output_type="${OUTPUT_TYPE:-rpm}"
   EXTRA_OPTS+=("--rpm-autoprov")