diff --git a/coccinelle.changes b/coccinelle.changes
index b507fa2..3d9e295 100644
--- a/coccinelle.changes
+++ b/coccinelle.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 28 01:14:03 UTC 2017 - aavindraa@gmail.com
+
+- use %make_install macro
+- remove useless directory creation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 26 22:45:58 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/coccinelle.spec b/coccinelle.spec
index c6b2c8d..3be8e31 100644
--- a/coccinelle.spec
+++ b/coccinelle.spec
@@ -74,13 +74,10 @@ export NO_DEBUGINFO_STRIP_DEBUG=true
 : >debugfiles.list
 : >debugsources.list
 
-b="%buildroot"
-make install DESTDIR="$b"
+%make_install
 # Remove coccilib, don't have the deps
-rm -Rf "$b/%_libdir/%name"/{commons,globals,ocaml,parsing_c} \
-	"$b/%_mandir/man3"/Coccilib*
-
-mkdir -p "$b/%_libdir"
+rm -Rf "%buildroot/%_libdir/%name"/{commons,globals,ocaml,parsing_c} \
+	"%buildroot/%_mandir/man3"/Coccilib*
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix
 
 %files