diff --git a/shadowsocks-libev.changes b/shadowsocks-libev.changes
index b9679ec..dbc7746 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-libev.changes
+++ b/shadowsocks-libev.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 30 09:14:46 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Instad of removing static libs after the fact, do not even build
+  them in the first place.
+- Fix RPM groups and spelling errors in the description.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 29 13:39:37 UTC 2017 - hillwood@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/shadowsocks-libev.spec b/shadowsocks-libev.spec
index 68d239a..6080669 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-libev.spec
+++ b/shadowsocks-libev.spec
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ Recommends:     simple-obfs
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
-shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured scoks5 proxy 
-for embedded devices and low end boxes.
+shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy
+for embedded devices and low-end boxes.
 
 %package -n lib%{name}%{libver}
 Summary:        Libev port of Shadowsocks
-Group:          Productivity/Networking/Web/Proxy
+Group:          System/Libraries
 
 %description -n lib%{name}%{libver}
-shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured scoks5 proxy 
-for embedded devices and low end boxes.
+shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy
+for embedded devices and low-end boxes.
 
 This package provides libraries for it.
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Requires:       %{name} = %{version}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description doc
-shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured scoks5 proxy
-for embedded devices and low end boxes.
+shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy
+for embedded devices and low-end boxes.
 
 This package provides Documents for it.
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       lib%{name}%{libver} = %{version}
 
 %description devel
-shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured scoks5 proxy
-for embedded devices and low end boxes.
+shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy
+for embedded devices and low-end boxes.
 
 This package provides development headers for it.
 
@@ -95,14 +95,13 @@ This package provides development headers for it.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
-           --enable-shared
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%configure --enable-shared
+make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
 
 %install
 %make_install
 
-rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.{a,la}
+rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/shadowsocks/
 install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/shadowsocks/