diff --git a/xset.changes b/xset.changes
index d7c400b..02c00cd 100644
--- a/xset.changes
+++ b/xset.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May  1 18:43:17 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- modernize spec-file (move license to licensedir) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 24 14:04:04 UTC 2019 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xset.spec b/xset.spec
index 122f366..aaa6a7c 100644
--- a/xset.spec
+++ b/xset.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xset
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# 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
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        User preference utility for X
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System/X11/Utilities
-Url:            http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
-Source0:        http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRequires:  pkg-config
+URL:            https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
+Source0:        https://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xext)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xfontcache)
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ 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
 This program is used to set various user preference options of the
@@ -44,14 +43,14 @@ display.
 
 %build
 %configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %install
 %make_install
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc ChangeLog COPYING README
+%license COPYING
+%doc ChangeLog README
 %{_bindir}/xset
 %{_mandir}/man1/xset.1%{?ext_man}