diff --git a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
index 1e3931f840e..5cd8cebdfda 100644
--- a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Requires: ucx
 Requires: openmpi
 Requires: sigcpp
 Requires: sqlite
-Requires: systemtools
 Requires: tauola
 Requires: tauolapp
 Requires: thepeg
diff --git a/coral-tool-conf.spec b/coral-tool-conf.spec
index 16eb4b6141d..6e0a59562e5 100644
--- a/coral-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/coral-tool-conf.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Requires: zlib
 Requires: bz2lib
 Requires: cppunit
 Requires: xerces-c
-Requires: systemtools
 %ifarch x86_64
 Requires: oracle
 %endif
diff --git a/fwlite-tool-conf.spec b/fwlite-tool-conf.spec
index af3ebe18b76..9115236870c 100644
--- a/fwlite-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/fwlite-tool-conf.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ Requires: python3
 Requires: root
 Requires: sigcpp
 Requires: sqlite
-Requires: systemtools
 Requires: libuuid
 Requires: xerces-c
 Requires: xrootd
diff --git a/scram-tool-conf.file b/scram-tool-conf.file
index faed1ab4c6c..38f834c7c30 100644
--- a/scram-tool-conf.file
+++ b/scram-tool-conf.file
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ for tool in %requiredtools; do
   toolver=`eval echo \\$${uctool}_VERSION`
   %{_sourcedir}/scram-tools/bin/get_tools "$toolbase" "$toolver" %i "${tool}"
 done
+%{_sourcedir}/scram-tools/bin/get_tools "" "system" %i "systemtools"
 
 for vec in %{package_vectorization}; do \
   ucvec=`echo $vec | tr '[a-z-]' '[A-Z_]'`
diff --git a/systemtools.spec b/systemtools.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index b603b354e1b..00000000000
--- a/systemtools.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external systemtools 20
-## NOCOMPILER
-Source: none
-%prep
-%build
-%install
-
diff --git a/tkonlinesw.spec b/tkonlinesw.spec
index 90cdc97a1ce..b6ed1ccaab2 100644
--- a/tkonlinesw.spec
+++ b/tkonlinesw.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Requires: cmake
 Requires: oracle
 Requires: xerces-c
 Requires: gmake
-Requires: systemtools
 Requires: root
 
 %prep