diff --git a/gstreamer.spec.in b/gstreamer.spec.in
index 2c747d771a..b79df378e0 100644
--- a/gstreamer.spec.in
+++ b/gstreamer.spec.in
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %post
 /sbin/ldconfig
+%{_bindir}/gst-register --gst-mask=0 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 
 %post devel
 # adding devhelp links to work around different base not working
@@ -138,17 +139,12 @@ mkdir -p %{_datadir}/devhelp/books
 ln -sf %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer %{_datadir}/devhelp/books
 ln -sf %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gstreamer-libs %{_datadir}/devhelp/books
 
-%post tools
-
 %postun
 /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING README TODO COPYING.LIB ABOUT-NLS REQUIREMENTS DOCBUILDING RELEASE 
-%post tools
-%{_bindir}/gst-register --gst-mask=0 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
-
 %{_libdir}/libgstreamer-%{majorminor}.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libgstcontrol-%{majorminor}.so.*
 %dir %{_libdir}/gstreamer-%{majorminor}