diff --git a/proftpd.changes b/proftpd.changes
index 48297b8..ee91853 100644
--- a/proftpd.changes
+++ b/proftpd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 20 18:46:47 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Reduce hard dependency on systemd to only that which is
+  necessary for building and installation.
+- Modernize RPM macro use (%make_install, %tmpfiles_create).
+- Strip emphasis from description and trim other platform mentions.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 11 08:05:29 UTC 2018 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/proftpd.spec b/proftpd.spec
index eafafe2..edb4b67 100644
--- a/proftpd.spec
+++ b/proftpd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package proftpd
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 # 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/
 #
 
 
 Name:           proftpd
-Summary:        Highly configurable GPL-licensed FTP server software
+Summary:        Configurable GPL-licensed FTP server software
 # Please save your time and do not update to "rc" versions.
 # We only accept updates for "STABLE" Versions
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -69,17 +69,16 @@ Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
-BuildRequires:  systemd
-%{?systemd_requires}
+BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+%{?systemd_ordering}
 %define has_systemd 1
 %else
 Requires(pre):  %insserv_prereq
 %endif
 
 %description
-ProFTPD is a highly configurable FTP daemon for Unix and Unix-like
-operating systems.  See the README.ports file for more details about
-the platforms on which ProFTPD in known or thought to build and run.
+ProFTPD is a configurable FTP daemon for Unix and Unix-like
+operating systems.
 
 %{?lang_package}
 
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-%makeinstall INSTALL_USER=`id -un` INSTALL_GROUP=`id -gn`
+%make_install INSTALL_USER=`id -un` INSTALL_GROUP=`id -gn`
 install -D -m 0644 contrib/dist/rpm/ftp.pamd   %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/%{name}
 install -D -m 0644 contrib/dist/rpm/%{name}.logrotate %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}
 #
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/%{name} %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/rc%{name}
 %post
 %if 0%{?has_systemd}
 %service_add_post %{name}.service
-%tmpfiles_create %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf || :
+%tmpfiles_create %{_tmpfilesdir}/%{name}.conf
 %else
 %{fillup_and_insserv -f proftpd}
 install -d %{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}