diff --git a/mawk.changes b/mawk.changes
index c92e566..342510c 100644
--- a/mawk.changes
+++ b/mawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 27 13:10:01 UTC 2022 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.com>
+
+- Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (boo#1206798)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 23 14:03:54 UTC 2021 - Manfred Schwarb <manfred99@gmx.ch>
 
diff --git a/mawk.spec b/mawk.spec
index b04461a..5b7bc15 100644
--- a/mawk.spec
+++ b/mawk.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ chmod 755 examples/*
 %install
 %make_install
 
-%if !0%{?usrmerged}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
 # compatibility symlink
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/bin
 ln -s %{_bindir}/mawk %{buildroot}/bin/mawk
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ln -s %{_bindir}/mawk %{buildroot}/bin/mawk
 %doc ACKNOWLEDGMENT CHANGES README examples/
 %{_bindir}/mawk
 %{_mandir}/man1/mawk.1%{?ext_man}
-%if !0%{?usrmerged}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
 /bin/mawk
 %endif