diff --git a/gnome-common.changes b/gnome-common.changes
index 725dbea..105c7b9 100644
--- a/gnome-common.changes
+++ b/gnome-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 28 16:27:43 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Modernize spec-file by calling spec-cleaner
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May  2 20:42:05 UTC 2016 - mgorse@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gnome-common.spec b/gnome-common.spec
index 613c713..0a69263 100644
--- a/gnome-common.spec
+++ b/gnome-common.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gnome-common
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Name:           gnome-common
 Version:        3.18.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Common Files to Build GNOME
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          System/GUI/GNOME
-Url:            http://www.gnome.org/
+URL:            http://www.gnome.org/
 Source:         http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-common/3.18/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 Requires:       autoconf
 # we need autoconf-archive >= 2014.10.15, as this is when ax_check_enable_debug.m4 and ax_code_coverage.m4 became part of it.
 Requires:       autoconf-archive >= 2014.10.15
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ Requires:       glib2-devel
 Requires:       gtk-doc
 Requires:       intltool
 Requires:       libtool
-Requires:       pkg-config
+Requires:       pkgconfig
 Requires:       yelp-tools
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -55,11 +54,7 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 # the files ax_check_enable_debug.m4 and ax_code_coverage.m4 live in autoconf-archive
 rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/aclocal/{ax_check_enable_debug,ax_code_coverage}.m4
 
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
 %files
-%defattr (-, root, root)
 %doc ChangeLog
 %{_bindir}/gnome-autogen.sh
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal