diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6de7014..395ee7c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # acceptance does not work with current default trusty
 dist: xenial
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-    - rpm
 language: go
 go: '1.13.x'
 services:
@@ -12,8 +8,6 @@ before_install:
   - sudo docker run --privileged linuxkit/binfmt:v0.7
 install:
   - make setup
-before_script:
-  - rpmbuild --version
 script:
   - make ci
 after_success:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76472b2..fd5923a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TEST_OPTIONS?=
 
 export PATH := ./bin:$(PATH)
 export GO111MODULE := on
-export GOPROXY := https://gocenter.io
+export GOPROXY := https://proxy.golang.org,https://gocenter.io,direct
 
 # Install all the build and lint dependencies
 setup:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86a2229..465c41a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ so I hacked this together and it works!
 * [x] provide packaging for the most common linux packaging systems (at very least deb and rpm)
 * [x] be distributed as a single binary
 * [x] reproducible results
-  * [x] depend on the fewer external things as possible (namely `rpmbuild`)
+  * [x] depend on the fewer external things as possible
   * [x] generate packages based on yaml files (maybe also json and toml?)
 * [x] be possible to use it as a lib in other go projects (namely [goreleaser][] itself)
 * [ ] support complex packages and power users
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f55d041..eca34b1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190924025748-f65c72e2690d // indirect
 	github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191004000632-07246cf402fe
+	github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191008200312-0a19814a44d4
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5d5e27e..970f7a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1 h1:Xye71clBPdm5HgqGwUkwhbynsUJZhDbS20FvLhQ2izg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
-github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191004000632-07246cf402fe h1:465GSygXcdjtvc7bEe30+3KZ9yWLUNBo3C0Vp7yTbaw=
-github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191004000632-07246cf402fe/go.mod h1:RaTPr0KUf2K7fnZYLNDrr8rxAamWs3iNywJLtQ2AzBg=
+github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191008200312-0a19814a44d4 h1:fmYHpHYf8uqxPFxL6IDWFUgtmpTxkAnD+cZv2/Ef2I8=
+github.com/google/rpmpack v0.0.0-20191008200312-0a19814a44d4/go.mod h1:RaTPr0KUf2K7fnZYLNDrr8rxAamWs3iNywJLtQ2AzBg=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8 h1:CGgOkSJeqMRmt0D9XLWExdT4m4F1vd3FV3VPt+0VxkQ=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
diff --git a/rpm/rpm.go b/rpm/rpm.go
index c38e693..277ab15 100644
--- a/rpm/rpm.go
+++ b/rpm/rpm.go
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// Package rpm implements nfpm.Packager providing .rpm bindings through rpmbuild.
+// Package rpm implements nfpm.Packager providing .rpm bindings using
+// google/rpmpack.
 package rpm
 
 import (