diff --git a/gnote.changes b/gnote.changes
index 24fc697..766a00f 100644
--- a/gnote.changes
+++ b/gnote.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 28 16:30:25 UTC 2018 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Modernize spec-file by calling spec-cleaner
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb 11 05:51:40 UTC 2018 - qzheng@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gnote.spec b/gnote.spec
index 06c2f96..2488d94 100644
--- a/gnote.spec
+++ b/gnote.spec
@@ -21,17 +21,12 @@ Name:           gnote
 Version:        3.26.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A Port of Tomboy to C++
-License:        GPL-3.0+
+License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Editors
-Url:            http://live.gnome.org/Gnote
+URL:            http://live.gnome.org/Gnote
 Source:         http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnote/3.26/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM shortkey-ctrl-o-alt-w.patch bsc#1075335 bgo#792859 qzheng@suse.com -- When left-click the note tree view, shortkey should be enable.
 Patch0:         shortkey-ctrl-o-alt-w.patch
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1325
-BuildRequires:  libboost_test-devel
-%else
-BuildRequires:  boost-devel >= 1.34
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  intltool
@@ -48,8 +43,12 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxslt)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(uuid)
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %glib2_gsettings_schema_requires
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1325
+BuildRequires:  libboost_test-devel
+%else
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel >= 1.34
+%endif
 
 %description
 It is the same note taking application, including most of the add-ins (more are
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %icon_theme_cache_postun
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
+%license COPYING
 %doc %{_datadir}/help/C/%{name}/
 %{_bindir}/gnote
 %{_libdir}/gnote/
@@ -116,10 +115,8 @@ find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 %{_datadir}/appdata/gnote.appdata.xml
 
 %files lang -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 
 %files -n gnome-shell-search-provider-%{name}
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_datadir}/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Gnote.service
 %dir %{_datadir}/gnome-shell
 %dir %{_datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers