diff --git a/librsvg.changes b/librsvg.changes
index 7321a90..6ed7d35 100644
--- a/librsvg.changes
+++ b/librsvg.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr 15 09:22:24 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Use __rustflags macro and drop no longer needed rustflags global.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 17 20:56:36 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/librsvg.spec b/librsvg.spec
index d960109..bda1661 100644
--- a/librsvg.spec
+++ b/librsvg.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%global rustflags '-Clink-arg=-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now'
 
 # Don't forget to update this in baselibs.conf too!
 %define librsvg_sover 2
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ mkdir .cargo
 cp %{SOURCE3} .cargo/config
 
 %build
-export RUSTFLAGS=%{rustflags}
+export RUSTFLAGS="%{__rustflags}"
 NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 %configure \
 	--disable-static\
@@ -152,13 +151,14 @@ NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 %make_build
 
 %install
-export RUSTFLAGS=%{rustflags}
+export RUSTFLAGS="%{__rustflags}"
 %make_install
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 # %%doc is used to package such contents
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}/CO*.md
 
 %check
+export RUSTFLAGS="%{__rustflags}"
 %ifarch x86_64 %{?x86_64}
 # 2023-01-15: the pdf-related tests are failing (bsc#1207167)
 # 2023-03-17 cairo-1.17.8 filter_morphology svg test is failing