diff --git a/dokku b/dokku
index 1ce6e59a7..b26f6c799 100755
--- a/dokku
+++ b/dokku
@@ -7,20 +7,9 @@ export DOKKU_ROOT=${DOKKU_ROOT:=~dokku}
 [[ -d $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc ]] && for f in $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc/*; do source "$f"; done
 [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 
-case "$(lsb_release -si)" in
-  Arch)
-    export DOKKU_DISTRO=${DOKKU_DISTRO:="arch"}
-    ;;
-  Debian)
-    export DOKKU_DISTRO=${DOKKU_DISTRO:="debian"}
-    ;;
-  CentOS)
-    export DOKKU_DISTRO=${DOKKU_DISTRO:="centos"}
-    ;;
-  *)
-    export DOKKU_DISTRO=${DOKKU_DISTRO:="ubuntu"}
-    ;;
-esac
+export DOKKU_DISTRO
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+DOKKU_DISTRO=$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$ID")
 
 export DOKKU_IMAGE=${DOKKU_IMAGE:="gliderlabs/herokuish"}
 export DOKKU_LIB_ROOT=${DOKKU_LIB_PATH:="/var/lib/dokku"}
diff --git a/rpm.mk b/rpm.mk
index 4232cf041..083189b29 100644
--- a/rpm.mk
+++ b/rpm.mk
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ endif
 		--depends 'sudo' \
 		--depends 'python' \
 		--depends 'nc' \
-		--depends 'redhat-lsb-core' \
 		--after-install rpm/dokku.postinst \
 		--url "https://github.com/$(DOKKU_REPO_NAME)" \
 		--description $(DOKKU_DESCRIPTION) \