diff --git a/libevent.changes b/libevent.changes
index 86761ed..04addbd 100644
--- a/libevent.changes
+++ b/libevent.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 29 16:15:04 UTC 2024 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 15 22:06:53 UTC 2023 - Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/libevent.spec b/libevent.spec
index 2c2de45..97f633b 100644
--- a/libevent.spec
+++ b/libevent.spec
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ signals or regular timeouts.
 This package holds the static libraries for libevent2.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q  -n %{name}-%{version}-%{version_suffix}
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
+%autosetup -p1  -n %{name}-%{version}-%{version_suffix}
 
 %build
 %global _lto_cflags %{_lto_cflags} -ffat-lto-objects