diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 6d8c4c2..8ba7ce4 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 30 13:08:28 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
+
+- avoid automake dependency 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 20 19:55:01 UTC 2012 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index e0440d1..f69fda9 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ Patch3:         tar-wildcards.patch
 Patch6:         tar-backup-spec-fix-paths.patch
 Patch7:         tar-1.26-remove_O_NONBLOCK.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= %min_suse_ver
-BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  help2man
 Recommends:     tar-lang = %{version}
 Recommends:     xz
@@ -71,9 +70,8 @@ Shell scripts for system backup/restore
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} %my_cflags"
 export RSH="/usr/bin/rsh"
 export DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT="POSIX"
-sed -i -e 's@need runtime check@yes@g' m4/*.m4
-autoreconf -fiv
 %configure \
+	gl_cv_func_linkat_follow="yes" \
 	--enable-backup-scripts \
 	--disable-silent-rules
 make %{?_smp_mflags};