diff --git a/fping.changes b/fping.changes
index 1d95608..459f474 100644
--- a/fping.changes
+++ b/fping.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 11 10:32:28 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Do away with %__ macro indirections.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May  8 16:33:22 UTC 2017 - liedke@rz.uni-mannheim.de
 
diff --git a/fping.spec b/fping.spec
index e8b92fc..7c0e17c 100644
--- a/fping.spec
+++ b/fping.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %makeinstall
-%{__ln_s} -f fping.8 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/fping.8
+ln -fs fping.8 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/fping.8
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)