diff --git a/consoleet-utils.changes b/consoleet-utils.changes
index 296abfc..12edda3 100644
--- a/consoleet-utils.changes
+++ b/consoleet-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 21 03:33:37 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Unbreak Leap 15.x build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 24 12:54:03 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/consoleet-utils.spec b/consoleet-utils.spec
index 543a79d..532c031 100644
--- a/consoleet-utils.spec
+++ b/consoleet-utils.spec
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ URL:            https://inai.de/projects/consoleet/
 Source:         https://inai.de/files/consoleet/%name-%version.tar.zst
 Source2:        https://inai.de/files/consoleet/%name-%version.tar.asc
 Source3:        %name.keyring
-BuildRequires:  automake
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig >= 0.21
+BuildRequires:  c++_compiler
+BuildRequires:  pkg-config >= 0.21
 BuildRequires:  zstd
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libHX) >= 3.22
 Conflicts:      hxtools < 20200310
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ pushd .. && tar --use=zstd -xf %{S:0} && popd
 %endif
 
 %build
-autoreconf -fi
 %configure
 %make_build