diff --git a/xemacs.changes b/xemacs.changes
index 43cd2ef..ef73fcb 100644
--- a/xemacs.changes
+++ b/xemacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 21 13:45:26 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- add autoconf as buildrequire to avoid implicit dependency
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 21 10:31:54 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove call to suse_update_config (very old work around)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 22 14:24:50 UTC 2011 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xemacs.spec b/xemacs.spec
index cf776b9..6cd596b 100644
--- a/xemacs.spec
+++ b/xemacs.spec
@@ -16,10 +16,25 @@
 #
 
 
-
 Name:           xemacs
-BuildRequires:  canna-devel compface db-devel fwnndev gcc-c++ gdbm-devel krb5 libpng-devel libtiff-devel ncurses-devel openldap2-devel texinfo update-desktop-files xaw3d-devel xorg-x11 xorg-x11-devel
+BuildRequires:  autoconf
+BuildRequires:  canna-devel
+BuildRequires:  compface
+BuildRequires:  db-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  fwnndev
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
+BuildRequires:  krb5
+BuildRequires:  libpng-devel
+BuildRequires:  libtiff-devel
+BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
+BuildRequires:  texinfo
+BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
+BuildRequires:  xaw3d-devel
+BuildRequires:  xorg-x11
+BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1130
 BuildRequires:  gpm-devel
 %else
@@ -33,15 +48,14 @@ BuildRequires:  gpm
 %define _id     b604d235f028
 %define _hg     beta-%{_id}
 Url:            http://www.xemacs.org
-License:        GPLv2+
-Group:          Productivity/Editors/Emacs
 PreReq:         permissions
 Requires:       xemacs-info xemacs-packages ctags
 Conflicts:      gnuserv
-AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        21.5.29.b604d235f028
-Release:        12
+Release:        0
 Summary:        XEmacs
+License:        GPL-2.0+
+Group:          Productivity/Editors/Emacs
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # Howto get the Mercurial tree of XEmacs:
 # See: http://xemacs.digimirror.nl/Develop/hgaccess.html
@@ -100,12 +114,9 @@ XEmacs. This is mainly important for translated .elc files and the key
 macros.
 
 %package     -n xemacs-el
-License:        GPLv2+
 Requires:       xemacs == %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       xemacs-packages-el
 Summary:        Emacs-Lisp source files for XEmacs
-Group:          Productivity/Editors/Emacs
-AutoReqProv:    on
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1120
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
@@ -118,11 +129,8 @@ nevertheless because it is often useful and enlightening to have a look
 at the Lisp sources.
 
 %package     -n xemacs-info
-License:        GPLv2+
 Requires:       xemacs-packages-info
 Summary:        Info Files for XEmacs
-Group:          Productivity/Editors/Emacs
-AutoReqProv:    on
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1120
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
@@ -190,7 +198,6 @@ chmod -R u+w *
 find . | xargs touch -r . 
 
 %build
-%{?suse_update_config:%{suse_update_config -f}}
 #libtoolize --force
 #autoreconf --force --install --verbose
 #rm configure