diff --git a/snd.changes b/snd.changes
index 5817b0f..5d3e78b 100644
--- a/snd.changes
+++ b/snd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 10 23:22:58 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Ensure neutrality of descriptions.
+- Replace old $RPM_* shell vars by macros.
+- Favor find -exec over xargs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 28 12:55:23 UTC 2018 - guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/snd.spec b/snd.spec
index 13f1a24..fb79059 100644
--- a/snd.spec
+++ b/snd.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libdrm-devel
 BuildRequires:  libjack-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsamplerate-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
-Summary:        Powerful Sound File Editor
+Summary:        Sound File Editor
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Multimedia/Sound/Editors and Convertors
 Version:        17.1
@@ -45,22 +45,22 @@ ExclusiveArch:  %ix86 x86_64 %ppc ppc64 ppc64le
 
 %description
 Snd is a sound editor modelled loosely after Emacs and an old,
-sorely-missed PDP-10 sound editor named Dpysnd. It can accommodate any
+PDP-10 sound editor named Dpysnd. It can accommodate any
 number of sounds each with any number of channels and can be customized
 and extended using guile and guile-gtk.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-find -name "*~" -type f | xargs -r rm -v
+find -name "*~" -type f -print -delete
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
-find -name "*.png" -type f | xargs chmod 0644
+find -name "*.png" -type f -exec chmod 0644 "{}" "+"
 
 %build
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS $CFLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing" \
-CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing" \
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-z -Wl,noexecstack" \
 %configure \
+            CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing" \
+            CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing" \
+            LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z -Wl,noexecstack" \
             --with-gtk \
 	    --with-alsa \
 	    --with-ladspa \
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 make sndplay sndinfo
 
 %install
-install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
+install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
 for i in snd sndplay sndinfo ; do
-  install -c -m 755 $i $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
+  install -c -m 755 $i %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
 done
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/snd/scheme
-cp -a *.scm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/snd/scheme
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
-install -c -m 0644 snd.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/snd/scheme
+cp -a *.scm %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/snd/scheme
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
+install -c -m 0644 snd.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 %suse_update_desktop_file -i snd AudioVideo AudioVideoEditing
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps
-cp %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pixmaps
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/pixmaps
+cp %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/pixmaps
 
 %files
 %defattr(-, root, root)