diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 335bdd1..6bb4710 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -161,8 +161,15 @@
 %define build_headers 0
 
 # build perf and cpupower tools
+%if %{mdvver} > 201610
 %define build_perf		1
 %define build_cpupower		1
+%else
+# This is not the main kernel in rosa2016.1
+# This one will be in contrib, not main, in rosa2016.1
+%define build_perf		0
+%define build_cpupower		0
+%endif
 
 
 # compress modules with xz