diff --git a/caddy.changes b/caddy.changes
index 474fdd7..7947dbc 100644
--- a/caddy.changes
+++ b/caddy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  6 13:22:22 UTC 2024 - Jeff Kowalczyk <jkowalczyk@suse.com>
+
+- Packaging improvements:
+  * Remove define github project name components no longer needed
+  * Remove define gname and uname for user and group creation, use
+    package name macro with identical value
+  * Drop BuildRequires: golang-packaging. The original macros for
+    file movements into GOPATH are obsolete with Go modules. Macro
+    go_nostrip is no longer needed with current binutils and Go.
+  * Use autosetup -a 1 to unpack source and vendored dependencies
+  * Drop export CGO_ENABLED="0". Use the default unless there is a
+    defined requirement or benefit.
+  * Build PIE with pattern that may become recommended procedure:
+    %%ifnarch ppc64 GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie" %%endif go build
+    A go toolchain buildmode default config would be preferable
+    but none exist at this time.
+  * Drop mod=vendor, go1.14+ will detect vendor dir and auto-enable
+  * Remove ldflags -s (Omit symbol table and debug info) and -w
+    (Omit DWARF symbol table). This information is used to produce
+    separate debuginfo packages and binaries are stripped for
+    reduced size by GNU strip during RPM build.
+  * Add basic %check to execute binary --help
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb  6 08:23:06 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/caddy.spec b/caddy.spec
index 517f9ac..a9ca918 100644
--- a/caddy.spec
+++ b/caddy.spec
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%define project github.com/caddyserver/caddy
-%define gname caddy
-%define uname caddy
-
 # SLE-12 _sharedstatedir was /usr/com, _localstatedir is /var as expected
 # SLE-15+ _sharedstatedir is /var/lib, _localstatedir is /var
 # _sharedstatedir used here as home directory for newly created user caddy
@@ -43,7 +39,6 @@ Source4:        index.html
 Source5:        bash-completion
 Source6:        zsh-completion
 Source7:        caddy.sysusers
-BuildRequires:  golang-packaging
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
 BuildRequires:  golang(API) >= 1.20
@@ -58,17 +53,18 @@ It operates primarily at L4 (transport layer) and L7 (application layer) of
 the OSI model, though it has the ability to work with other layers.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%autosetup -a 1
 
 %build
-%{goprep} %{project}
+# Build the binary.
+%ifnarch ppc64
+export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie"
+%endif
+go build ./cmd/%{name}
 
-# tarball causes "inconsistent vendoring"
-tar -xf %{SOURCE1}
-
-CGO_ENABLED=0
-
-go build -v -buildmode=pie -mod=vendor -ldflags "-s -w" -o caddy cmd/caddy/main.go
+%check
+# execute the binary as a basic check
+./%{name} --help
 
 %sysusers_generate_pre %{SOURCE7} %{name} %{name}.conf
 
@@ -117,7 +113,7 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE6} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/_%{n
 %{_sysusersdir}/%{name}.conf
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/Caddyfile
-%dir %attr(0750, %{uname}, %{gname}) %{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}
+%dir %attr(0750, %{name}, %{name}) %{_sharedstatedir}/%{name}
 # filesystem owns all the parent directories here
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}
 # own parent directories in case zsh is not installed