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diff --git a/build/go-python-package-scripts/prerm b/build/go-python-package-scripts/prerm
index d840ee1bd1..c0f45d60c6 100755
--- a/build/go-python-package-scripts/prerm
+++ b/build/go-python-package-scripts/prerm
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [ "%{name}" != "%\{name\}" ]; then
+# Detect rpm-based systems: the exit code of the following command is zero
+# on rpm-based systems
+if /usr/bin/rpm -q -f /usr/bin/rpm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Red Hat ("%{...}" is interpolated at package build time)
     pkg="%{name}"
     pkgtype=rpm