diff --git a/python-translationstring.changes b/python-translationstring.changes
index 65223b5..65494ac 100644
--- a/python-translationstring.changes
+++ b/python-translationstring.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 29 07:50:51 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
+
+- Simplify macro usage
+- Remove reStructuredText from %description
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 28 20:59:22 UTC 2013 - hpj@urpla.net
 
diff --git a/python-translationstring.spec b/python-translationstring.spec
index 2b66831..a5e80ec 100644
--- a/python-translationstring.spec
+++ b/python-translationstring.spec
@@ -27,28 +27,23 @@ Source:         translationstring-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-pylons_sphinx_theme
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+# Documentation requirements:
 BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-%py_requires
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1110
+%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
+%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%else
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
-%endif
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 %description
-A library used by various `Pylons Project <http://pylonsproject.org>`_ packages
-for internationalization (i18n) duties related to translation.
+A library used by various Pylons Project packages for internationalization
+(i18n) duties related to translation.
 
 This package provides a translation string class, a translation string factory
 class, translation and pluralization primitives, and a utility that helps
-`Chameleon <http://chameleon.repoze.org>`_ templates use translation facilities
-of this package. It does not depend on `Babel <http://babel.edgewall.org>`_,
-but its translation and pluralization services are meant to work best when
-provided with an instance of the babel.support.Translations class.
-
-Please see http://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/translationstring/dev/ or
-the docs/index.rst file in this package for the documentation.
+Chameleon templates use translation facilities of this package. It does not
+depend on Babel, but its translation and pluralization services are meant to
+work best when provided with an instance of the babel.support.Translations class.
 
 %package doc
 Summary:        Utility library for i18n relied on by various Repoze and Pyramid packages