diff --git a/rtorrent.changes b/rtorrent.changes
index c70497d..43f78d5 100644
--- a/rtorrent.changes
+++ b/rtorrent.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  4 14:21:00 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Drop old specfile constructs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 24 12:13:56 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/rtorrent.spec b/rtorrent.spec
index d32bda9..37dc224 100644
--- a/rtorrent.spec
+++ b/rtorrent.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rtorrent
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,38 +16,28 @@
 #
 
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
-%bcond_without xmlrpc
-%endif
-
 Name:           rtorrent
 Version:        0.9.8
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Console-based BitTorrent Client
 License:        SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-openssl-exception
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/File-Sharing
-Url:            http://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent
+URL:            http://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent
 
 Source:         https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/releases/download/v%version/%name-%version.tar.gz
 Source2:        rtorrent.desktop
 # This manpage copied from the 0.9.2 tarball as it was missing in later versions
 Source3:        rtorrent.1
 Source4:        rtorrent.service
-%if %{with xmlrpc}
-BuildRequires:  xmlrpc-c-devel
-%endif
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
-# not strictly needed. we only need it for the ownership of the vim data dir
-BuildRequires:  gzip
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cppunit) >= 1.9.6
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcurl) >= 7.15.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtorrent) >= 0.13.8
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xmlrpc)
 Requires(pre):  shadow
 
 %description
@@ -63,16 +53,12 @@ management.
 # It's full of type pun violations
 export CFLAGS="%optflags -fno-strict-aliasing"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1220
 export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=gnu++11"
-%endif
 autoreconf -fiv
 %configure \
-%if %{with xmlrpc}
 	--with-xmlrpc-c="%_bindir/xmlrpc-c-config" \
-%endif
 	--enable-ipv6
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 b="%buildroot"
@@ -97,8 +83,8 @@ getent passwd rtorrent >/dev/null || useradd -r rtorrent
 %service_del_postun rtorrent.service
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc doc/rtorrent.rc COPYING
+%doc doc/rtorrent.rc
+%license COPYING
 %_bindir/rtorrent
 %_datadir/applications/%name.desktop
 %_mandir/man1/rtorrent.1*