diff --git a/libsndfile-progs.spec b/libsndfile-progs.spec
index 10164d9..41286ae 100644
--- a/libsndfile-progs.spec
+++ b/libsndfile-progs.spec
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Authors:
 %build
 %define warn_flags -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter
 # autoreconf --force --install
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing %{warn_flags}"
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS %{warn_flags}"
 export CFLAGS
-%configure \
+%configure --disable-silent-rules \
 	--disable-static \
         --enable-sqlite \
 	--with-pic
-make
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 make DESTDIR="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" install
diff --git a/libsndfile.changes b/libsndfile.changes
index c5355c9..30bfebc 100644
--- a/libsndfile.changes
+++ b/libsndfile.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 27 23:39:43 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Remove -fno-strict-aliasing from cflags, no longer needed 
+- disable automake silent rules.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 18 17:23:30 CEST 2011 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libsndfile.spec b/libsndfile.spec
index 0fc6694..95d822e 100644
--- a/libsndfile.spec
+++ b/libsndfile.spec
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ Authors:
 %build
 %define warn_flags -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused-parameter
 # autoreconf --force --install
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing %{warn_flags}"
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS %{warn_flags}"
 export CFLAGS
-%configure \
+%configure --disable-silent-rules \
 	--disable-static \
-        --enable-sqlite \
+    --enable-sqlite \
 	--with-pic
 make %{?_smp_mflags}