diff --git a/hfst-ospell.spec b/hfst-ospell.spec
index 03257f3..d5bf663 100644
--- a/hfst-ospell.spec
+++ b/hfst-ospell.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/hfst/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-uc)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-i18n)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libarchive)
 
 %description
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ Requires:       hfst-ospell = %{version}-%{release}
 Development headers and libraries for hfst-ospell
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%setup -q -n %{_name}-%{version}
 
 %build
-%configure
+# disable libxml++ as upstream requires version 2.6
+# disable tinyxml2 as upstream requires version < 3.0
+%configure \
+    --disable-silent-rules \
+    --without-libxmlpp \
+    --without-tinyxml2
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install