diff --git a/mdadm.changes b/mdadm.changes
index 0c16702..93c05b7 100644
--- a/mdadm.changes
+++ b/mdadm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 24 15:31:30 UTC 2023 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.com>
+
+- mdadm.spec: replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular
+  version check (boo#1206798)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 26 02:29:42 UTC 2023 - Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/mdadm.spec b/mdadm.spec
index 2a501d0..9a91da4 100644
--- a/mdadm.spec
+++ b/mdadm.spec
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ install -m 644 %{S:2} %{buildroot}%{_fillupdir}/
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_systemdshutdowndir}
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}
 ln -s %{_sbindir}/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcmdmonitor
-%if !0%{?usrmerged}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
 	mkdir -p %{buildroot}/sbin
 	ln -s %{_sbindir}/mdadm %{buildroot}/sbin/mdadm
 	ln -s %{_sbindir}/mdmon %{buildroot}/sbin/mdmon
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ ln -s %{_sbindir}/service %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/rcmdmonitor
 %doc Software-RAID.HOWTO/Software-RAID.HOWTO*{.txt,.html}
 %doc %{_mandir}/man?/*
 %{_sbindir}/*
-%if !0%{?usrmerged}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
 /sbin/mdadm
 /sbin/mdmon
 %endif