diff --git a/macros.shared-mime-info b/macros.shared-mime-info
index 3766641..eccb67c 100644
--- a/macros.shared-mime-info
+++ b/macros.shared-mime-info
@@ -15,27 +15,10 @@
 #
 ###
 
-# On install, update the mime database
+# macros are place holders to not unnescessarily break packages; package converted to file triggers
 %mime_database_post()                                          \
-export PKGSYSTEM_ENABLE_FSYNC=0                                \
-if test -x %{_bindir}/update-mime-database; then               \
-%if "x%1" != "x%%1"                                            \
-  %{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%1" || true                 \
-%else                                                          \
-  %{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%{_datadir}/mime" || true   \
-%endif                                                         \
-fi 
+%nil
 
-# On uninstall, update the mime database. Note: we ignore upgrades (already
-# handled in %post of the new package).
+# macros are place holders to not unnescessarily break packages; package converted to file triggers
 %mime_database_postun()                                        \
-export PKGSYSTEM_ENABLE_FSYNC=0                                \
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then                                          \
-  if test -x %{_bindir}/update-mime-database; then             \
-%if "x%1" != "x%%1"                                            \
-    %{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%1" || true               \
-%else                                                          \
-    %{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%{_datadir}/mime" || true \
-%endif                                                         \
-  fi                                                           \
-fi
+%nil
diff --git a/shared-mime-info.changes b/shared-mime-info.changes
index 986df04..6f5ee22 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.changes
+++ b/shared-mime-info.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 27 11:09:32 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Replace %mime_database_post/postun with respective file triggers
+  in shared-mime-info: any file put into /usr/share/mime will
+  trigger the execution of the script. In order to not break the
+  macros short-term they are being redefined to %nil.
+- Drop redundant %clean section.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  7 11:37:38 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 276281d..c1e3a7c 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package shared-mime-info
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ install -D -m644 %{S:2} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rpm/macros.shared-mime-info
 %check
 make check
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post
+%filetriggerin -- %{_datadir}/mime
 export PKGSYSTEM_ENABLE_FSYNC=0
-%{_bindir}/update-mime-database %{_datadir}/mime || true
+%{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%{_datadir}/mime"
+
+%filetriggerpostun -- %{_datadir}/mime
+export PKGSYSTEM_ENABLE_FSYNC=0
+[ -x %{_bindir}/update-mime-database ] && %{_bindir}/update-mime-database "%{_datadir}/mime"
 
 %files
 %defattr (-, root, root)