diff --git a/libcaca.changes b/libcaca.changes
index 819ab1f..afe4c0a 100644
--- a/libcaca.changes
+++ b/libcaca.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May 29 10:33:39 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Use autoreconf instead of ./bootstrap since (a) that works,
+  (b) avoids the inflexible handcrafted automake version check
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 14 09:29:06 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libcaca.spec b/libcaca.spec
index adf367a..4974bab 100644
--- a/libcaca.spec
+++ b/libcaca.spec
@@ -183,13 +183,9 @@ chmod 0644 %{S:0}
 %patch1
 
 %build
-find ./ -name Makefile.in -delete
-rm configure
-#export  LIBTOOL=/usr/bin/libtool
+autoreconf -fi
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{optflags} -I../caca/"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS %{optflags}"
-./bootstrap
-#autoreconf -fiv
 %configure --with-pic \
     --program-prefix="%{?_program_prefix}" \
     --enable-slang \
@@ -209,7 +205,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS %{optflags}"
 %else
     --enable-java=no
 %endif
-%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %makeinstall