diff --git a/xprop.changes b/xprop.changes
index 1896763..4d13bc7 100644
--- a/xprop.changes
+++ b/xprop.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 12 22:17:57 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- modernize spec file (move license to licensedir) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 20 10:57:17 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xprop.spec b/xprop.spec
index ab35507..ae2b4df 100644
--- a/xprop.spec
+++ b/xprop.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xprop
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -22,15 +22,14 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        Property displayer for X
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/X11/Utilities
-URL:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
+URL:            https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
 Source0:        http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xorg-macros) >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xproto) >= 7.0.17
 # This was part of the xorg-x11 package up to version 7.6
 Conflicts:      xorg-x11 <= 7.6
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 xprop displays window and font properties of an X server.
@@ -40,14 +39,14 @@ xprop displays window and font properties of an X server.
 
 %build
 %configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc ChangeLog COPYING README.md
+%license COPYING
+%doc ChangeLog README.md
 %{_bindir}/xprop
 %{_mandir}/man1/xprop.1%{?ext_man}