diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 1a4bcf0..ce3b8af 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 21 15:12:55 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Combine %service_* calls to reduce generated boilerplate.
+- Reduce scriptlets' hard dependency on systemd.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 28 11:16:58 UTC 2019 - jcaamano@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 4bef355..feb3e30 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 # needssslcertforbuild
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires(post): %fillup_prereq
 Requires(pre):  shadow
 Suggests:       logrotate
-%{?systemd_requires}
+%{?systemd_ordering}
 %else
 BuildRequires:  findutils
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
@@ -525,9 +525,7 @@ if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
     chown -R openvswitch:openvswitch %{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch
 fi
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-	%service_add_post ovsdb-server.service
-	%service_add_post ovs-vswitchd.service
-	%service_add_post openvswitch.service
+	%service_add_post ovsdb-server.service ovs-vswitchd.service openvswitch.service
 	%{fillup_only -n openvswitch}
 %else
     %if 0%{?systemd_post:1}
@@ -559,9 +557,7 @@ fi
 # admin decide when it's the best time for an OvS restart.
 # 5771f476573445710834234a6a9f7bd999a027e7 ("fedora: do not restart the service on a pkg upgrade")
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-    %service_del_postun -n ovsdb-server.service
-    %service_del_postun -n ovs-vswitchd.service
-    %service_del_postun -n openvswitch.service
+    %service_del_postun -n ovsdb-server.service -n ovs-vswitchd.service -n openvswitch.service
 %else
     %if 0%{?systemd_postun:1}
         %systemd_postun %{name}.service
@@ -572,9 +568,7 @@ fi
 
 %pre
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-%service_add_pre ovsdb-server.service
-%service_add_pre ovs-vswitchd.service
-%service_add_pre openvswitch.service
+%service_add_pre ovsdb-server.service ovs-vswitchd.service openvswitch.service
 %endif
 # Save the "enabled" state across the transition of
 # ownership of openvswitch.service from openvswitch-switch to
@@ -599,9 +593,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %preun
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-    %service_del_preun ovsdb-server.service
-    %service_del_preun ovs-vswitchd.service
-    %service_del_preun openvswitch.service
+    %service_del_preun ovsdb-server.service ovs-vswitchd.service openvswitch.service
 %else
     %if 0%{?systemd_preun:1}
         %systemd_preun %{name}.service