diff --git a/python-versiontools.changes b/python-versiontools.changes
index 18a79f7..916ee5a 100644
--- a/python-versiontools.changes
+++ b/python-versiontools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  1 13:24:11 UTC 2012 - saschpe@suse.de
+
+- Simplified macro usage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 24 21:37:26 UTC 2012 - jfunk@funktronics.ca
 
diff --git a/python-versiontools.spec b/python-versiontools.spec
index 74ecebd..d4f117c 100644
--- a/python-versiontools.spec
+++ b/python-versiontools.spec
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-
-
 Name:           python-versiontools
 Version:        1.8.3
 Release:        0
@@ -29,13 +27,11 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-distribute
 Requires:       python-distribute
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-%py_requires
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%else
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
-%endif
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 %description
 Smart replacement for plain tuple used in __version__.