diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index d9df251..26d0266 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 19 12:20:06 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Remove -L option on screen call dues API change, now we depend
+  on environment variables only.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 16 09:01:31 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ncurses.spec b/ncurses.spec
index 9cf54f4..d98685a 100644
--- a/ncurses.spec
+++ b/ncurses.spec
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
 # Remark: A better solution would be that in OBS a real pty/tty pair
 # would be used instead of redirecting stdout/stderr to a log file.
 #
-%global _configure	screen -L -D -m ./configure
+%global _configure	screen -D -m ./configure
     SCREENDIR=$(mktemp -d ${PWD}/screen.XXXXXX) || exit 1
     SCREENRC=${SCREENDIR}/ncurses
     export SCREENRC SCREENDIR
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     #
     # Now use --with-pthread for reentrant pthread support (abi == 5).
     #
-    eval screen -L -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-abi-version=5	\
+    eval screen -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-abi-version=5	\
 				    --without-pthread		\
 				    --disable-reentrant		\
 				    --disable-ext-mouse		\
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     make clean
     > $SCREENLOG
     tail -q -s 0.5 -f $SCREENLOG & pid=$!
-    eval screen -L -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-pthread		\
+    eval screen -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-pthread		\
 				    --enable-reentrant		\
 				    --enable-ext-mouse		\
 				    --enable-widec		\
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ sed -ri '/^iTerm/{s@iterm\|@@}' misc/terminfo.src
     make clean
     > $SCREENLOG
     tail -q -s 0.5 -f $SCREENLOG & pid=$!
-    eval screen -L -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-abi-version=5	\
+    eval screen -D -m ./${c#*./} --with-abi-version=5	\
 				    --without-pthread		\
 				    --disable-reentrant		\
 				    --disable-ext-mouse		\