diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
index 39fa401225..4048ea934c 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ Requires: iptables-nft
 %else
 Requires: iptables
 %endif
-%if %{undefined _no_libnftables}
-# When dockerd is not linked against libnftables, the nftables package
-# is not a hard requirement.
 Requires: nftables
-%endif
 %if %{undefined rhel} || 0%{?rhel} < 9
 # Libcgroup is no longer available in RHEL/CentOS >= 9 distros.
 Requires: libcgroup