diff --git a/audit-secondary.changes b/audit-secondary.changes
index 88924e9..8456660 100644
--- a/audit-secondary.changes
+++ b/audit-secondary.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 11 20:44:34 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Drop buildrequire on C++ compiler.
+- Modernize specfile constructs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar 26 11:14:19 UTC 2022 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/audit-secondary.spec b/audit-secondary.spec
index 7c83104..fb309b1 100644
--- a/audit-secondary.spec
+++ b/audit-secondary.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Patch13:        audisp-remote-fix-hang-with-disk_low_action-suspend-.patch
 Patch14:        libaudit-fix-unhandled-ECONNREFUSED-from-getpwnam-25.patch
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel = %{version}
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.12
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  kernel-headers >= 2.6.30
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
 	%{?_with_python3} \
 	%{?_without_python}
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_build
 
 %sysusers_generate_pre %{SOURCE1} audit system-group-audit.conf
 
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ chmod 0644 %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/auditd.service
 chmod 0644 %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/augenrules.service
 
 %check
-make %{?_smp_mflags} check
+%make_build check
 
 %post -n audit
 # Save existing audit files if any (from old locations)
@@ -307,7 +306,6 @@ fi
 
 %if %{with python3}
 %files -n python3-audit
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %attr(755,root,root) %{python3_sitearch}/*
 %endif
 
diff --git a/audit.changes b/audit.changes
index fefab1d..b59e61a 100644
--- a/audit.changes
+++ b/audit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 11 20:45:33 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Modernize specfile constructs.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  7 13:34:20 UTC 2021 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/audit.spec b/audit.spec
index 98109a9..5c6b237 100644
--- a/audit.spec
+++ b/audit.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source1:        baselibs.conf
 Source2:        README-BEFORE-ADDING-PATCHES
 Patch0:         change-default-log_group.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.12
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  kernel-headers >= 2.6.30
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
@@ -75,8 +74,7 @@ needed for developing applications that need to use the audit framework
 libraries.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
@@ -96,10 +94,10 @@ export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
 	--with-python=no \
 	--disable-zos-remote
 
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -C common
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -C lib
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -C auparse
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -C docs
+%make_build -C common
+%make_build -C lib
+%make_build -C auparse
+%make_build -C docs
 
 %install
 %make_install -C common
@@ -120,8 +118,8 @@ install -m 0644 init.d/libaudit.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 %check
-make %{?_smp_mflags} check -C lib
-make %{?_smp_mflags} check -C auparse
+%make_build -C lib check
+%make_build -C auparse check
 
 %post -n libaudit1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libauparse0 -p /sbin/ldconfig