diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index b19f4fc..2a8f0d6 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 29 14:49:31 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 11 09:21:09 UTC 2022 - Jason Sikes <jsikes@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index 3ae6c07..01b4678 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -150,12 +150,7 @@ expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics
 as Perl 5.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 %global _lto_cflags %{_lto_cflags} -ffat-lto-objects