diff --git a/lib/signature.c b/lib/signature.c
index b91baf628..ddfa969c9 100644
--- a/lib/signature.c
+++ b/lib/signature.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ rpmRC rpmGenerateSignature(char *SHA256, char *SHA1, uint8_t *MD5,
     int gpgSize = rpmExpandNumeric("%{__gpg_reserved_space}");
 
     /* Prepare signature */
+#if 0 /* rpm 4.13.x signature checking trips up on this, disable temporarily */
     if (SHA256) {
 	rpmtdReset(&td);
 	td.tag = RPMSIGTAG_SHA256;
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ rpmRC rpmGenerateSignature(char *SHA256, char *SHA1, uint8_t *MD5,
 	td.data = SHA256;
 	headerPut(sig, &td, HEADERPUT_DEFAULT);
     }
+#endif
 
     if (SHA1) {
 	rpmtdReset(&td);
diff --git a/tests/rpmsigdig.at b/tests/rpmsigdig.at
index bf6bfd01a..75b9bc110 100644
--- a/tests/rpmsigdig.at
+++ b/tests/rpmsigdig.at
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ runroot rpmkeys -Kv /build/RPMS/noarch/attrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
 [0],
 [/build/RPMS/noarch/attrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm:
     Header SHA1 digest: OK
-    Header SHA256 digest: OK
     Payload SHA256 digest: OK
     MD5 digest: OK
 ],