diff --git a/bitlbee.changes b/bitlbee.changes
index a5be79b..8f19f40 100644
--- a/bitlbee.changes
+++ b/bitlbee.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 21 11:53:48 UTC 2013 - tboerger@suse.de
+
+- Removed o flag for user creation, did'nt work on 12.3 anymore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  3 19:51:41 UTC 2013 - jmcdonough@suse.com
 
diff --git a/bitlbee.spec b/bitlbee.spec
index 71b6f96..e2e0f4d 100644
--- a/bitlbee.spec
+++ b/bitlbee.spec
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ done
 %pre
 /usr/bin/getent group bitlbee &>/dev/null || /usr/sbin/groupadd -r bitlbee &>/dev/null || :
 /usr/bin/getent passwd bitlbee &>/dev/null || \
-/usr/sbin/useradd -o -g bitlbee -s /bin/false -r -c "User for bitlbee" \
+/usr/sbin/useradd -g bitlbee -s /bin/false -r -c "User for bitlbee" \
     -d "%{_localstatedir}/run/bitlbee" bitlbee &>/dev/null || :
 
 %clean