diff --git a/protobuf-c.changes b/protobuf-c.changes
index 337451f..977b92d 100644
--- a/protobuf-c.changes
+++ b/protobuf-c.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 22 14:29:07 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Drop %__-type macro indirections.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 14 15:59:33 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/protobuf-c.spec b/protobuf-c.spec
index 0858a51..5f6dd3b 100644
--- a/protobuf-c.spec
+++ b/protobuf-c.spec
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ cmake \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=FALSE \
     -DCMAKE_STRIP="/usr/bin/touch" \
     ..
-%__make %{?_smp_flags}
+make %{?_smp_flags}
 popd #build
 %else
 autoreconf -fvi
 %configure
-%__make %{?_smp_flags}
+make %{?_smp_flags}
 %endif
 
 %install
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ pushd build
 %makeinstall
 popd #build
 %else
-%makeinstall
+%make_install
 %endif
-%__rm "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"/*.a
-%__rm "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"/*.la
+rm "%{buildroot}/%{_libdir}"/*.a
+rm "%{buildroot}/%{_libdir}"/*.la
 
 %post   -n libprotobuf-c%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libprotobuf-c%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig