diff --git a/gramps2/Makefile.am b/gramps2/Makefile.am
index 67b4d6c07..ebd6aa3d7 100644
--- a/gramps2/Makefile.am
+++ b/gramps2/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS = src doc example
 
-EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh gramps.spec.in gramps.spec gramps-mdk.spec gramps-mdk.spec.in COPYING-DOCS FAQ
+EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh gramps.spec.in gramps.spec gramps-mdk.spec.in COPYING-DOCS FAQ
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = gramps
 
diff --git a/gramps2/gramps.spec.in b/gramps2/gramps.spec.in
index cac9334a9..32cd5a0d1 100644
--- a/gramps2/gramps.spec.in
+++ b/gramps2/gramps.spec.in
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ desktop-file-install --vendor gramps --delete-original \
 	src/data/gramps.desktop
 %find_lang gramps
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_localstatedir}/scrollkeeper/
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mime/application
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/mime/{globs,magic,XMLnamespaces}
 
 %clean
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` \
   gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule \
 	%{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/gramps.schemas > /dev/null
+/usr/bin/update-desktop-database &> /dev/null
 if which scrollkeeper-update>/dev/null 2>&1; then scrollkeeper-update; fi
 
 %postun