diff --git a/xpp3.changes b/xpp3.changes
index d6e60fc..b1f658a 100644
--- a/xpp3.changes
+++ b/xpp3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 19 16:26:28 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Do not require javapackage-tools
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  4 19:34:27 UTC 2014 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/xpp3.spec b/xpp3.spec
index 579d02d..f837b7b 100644
--- a/xpp3.spec
+++ b/xpp3.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xpp3
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 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
@@ -16,25 +16,22 @@
 #
 
 
-%define section free
-Summary:        XML Pull Parser
-License:        Apache-1.1
-Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
-
 Name:           xpp3
 Version:        1.1.4c
 Release:        0
+Summary:        XML Pull Parser
+License:        Apache-1.1
+Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 Url:            http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/xgws/xsoap/xpp/mxp1/index.html
 Source0:        http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/dist/java-repository/xpp3/distributions/xpp3-%{version}_src.tgz
-Requires:       java >= 1.4.2
-Requires:       javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  ant >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  junit
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  xml-commons-apis
-BuildArch:      noarch
+Requires:       java >= 1.4.2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
 Xml Pull Parser 3rd Edition (XPP3) MXP1 is a new XmlPull parsing engine
@@ -75,17 +72,17 @@ ant xpp3 junit apidoc
 
 %install
 # jars
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadir}
 cp -p build/%{name}-%{version}.jar \
-  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}-%{version}.jar
+  %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}-%{version}.jar
 cp -p build/%{name}_min-%{version}.jar \
-  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}-minimal-%{version}.jar
+  %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}-minimal-%{version}.jar
 cp -p build/%{name}_xpath-%{version}.jar \
-  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/%{name}-xpath-%{version}.jar
-(cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir} && for jar in *-%{version}.jar; do ln -sf ${jar} `echo $jar| sed "s|-%{version}||g"`; done)
+  %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}-xpath-%{version}.jar
+(cd %{buildroot}%{_javadir} && for jar in *-%{version}.jar; do ln -sf ${jar} `echo $jar| sed "s|-%{version}||g"`; done)
 # javadoc
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
-cp -pr doc/api/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
+cp -pr doc/api/* %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 rm -rf doc/{build.txt,api}
 
 %files