diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index bc2f40e..560d9e9 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 11:00:12 UTC 2022 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- Do not apply vlc.a52.patch if liba52 is < 0.8.0
+- Avoid ugly _FORTIFY_SOURCE redefinition warnings
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 25 15:22:01 UTC 2022 - Niklas Haas <obs@haasn.xyz>
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index b4cb1a5..7923601 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ OpenCV based video filters and a face detection example.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch4 -p1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320 && 0%{?suse_version} < 1550 && 0%{?sle_version} < 150200
@@ -409,6 +408,11 @@ OpenCV based video filters and a face detection example.
 %endif
 %patch103 -p1
 
+# a52_init() < 0.8.0 doesn't take any arguments
+if pkg-config --max-version 0.8 liba52; then
+%patch0 -p1
+fi
+
 ### And LUA 5.3.1 has some more API changes
 if pkg-config --atleast-version 5.3.1 lua; then
 %patch2 -p1
@@ -511,6 +515,11 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 ### ONLY REMOVE THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
 sed -i 's/^#define.*VLC_COMPILE_HOST.*/#define VLC_COMPILE_HOST "obs-build"/' config.h
 
+# avoid ugly warnings
+if echo "%{optflags}" | grep -q -- '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE'; then
+    sed -i '/#define _FORTIFY_SOURCE/d' config.h
+fi
+
 %make_build
 
 %install