diff --git a/a52dec-0.7.4-rpath64.patch b/a52dec-0.7.4-rpath64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e8466ee..0000000
--- a/a52dec-0.7.4-rpath64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- a52dec-0.7.4/configure~	2002-07-28 06:50:42.000000000 +0300
-+++ a52dec-0.7.4/configure	2006-02-16 23:03:07.000000000 +0200
-@@ -5839,7 +5839,7 @@
- shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
- version_type=none
- dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
--sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-+sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib64 /usr/lib64 /lib /usr/lib"
- sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
- 
- case $host_os in
---- a52dec-0.7.4/aclocal.m4~	2002-07-28 06:50:38.000000000 +0300
-+++ a52dec-0.7.4/aclocal.m4	2006-02-16 23:02:38.000000000 +0200
-@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@
- shlibpath_overrides_runpath=unknown
- version_type=none
- dynamic_linker="$host_os ld.so"
--sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
-+sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib64 /usr/lib64 /lib /usr/lib"
- sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
- 
- case $host_os in
diff --git a/a52dec-configure-c99.patch b/a52dec-configure-c99.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f3d11d..0000000
--- a/a52dec-configure-c99.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-Avoid an undeclared exit function call in obscure configure check.
-This improves compatibility with strict(er) C99 compilers, which may
-not support implicit function declarations because they were removed
-from the C language in 1999.
-
-Not submitted upstream as regeneration of configure with new autoconf
-would fix.
-
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index b81fdff..49bcfc6 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -3850,8 +3850,8 @@ main ()
-   for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
-     if (XOR (islower (i), ISLOWER (i))
-         || toupper (i) != TOUPPER (i))
--      exit(2);
--  exit (0);
-+      return 2;
-+  return 0;
- }
- _ACEOF
- rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
diff --git a/a52dec-configure-optflags.patch b/a52dec-configure-optflags.patch
index a0b8463..c655579 100644
--- a/a52dec-configure-optflags.patch
+++ b/a52dec-configure-optflags.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
---- ./configure~	2002-07-28 06:50:42.000000000 +0300
-+++ ./configure	2003-04-13 17:20:53.000000000 +0300
-@@ -2857,13 +2857,13 @@
- 
-         case "$host" in
+--- ./configure.in~	2002-07-28 06:50:42.000000000 +0300
++++ ./configure.in	2003-04-13 17:20:53.000000000 +0300
+@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
+     dnl arch-specific flags
+     case "$host" in
      i?86-* | k?-*)
 -	case "$host" in
 -	i386-*) OPT_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mcpu=i386";;
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 +#	i686-*) OPT_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mcpu=pentiumpro";;
 +#	k6-*)   OPT_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mcpu=k6";;
 +#	esac
- 	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if $CC supports $OPT_CFLAGS flags" >&5
- echo $ECHO_N "checking if $CC supports $OPT_CFLAGS flags... $ECHO_C" >&6
-     SAVE_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ 	AC_TRY_CFLAGS([$OPT_CFLAGS],[CFLAGS=$OPT_CFLAGS]);;
+     sparc-* | sparc64-*)
+ 	OPT_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mtune=ultrasparc"
diff --git a/a52dec.spec b/a52dec.spec
index c86401c..992dd4e 100644
--- a/a52dec.spec
+++ b/a52dec.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 Summary:    Small test program for liba52
 Name:       a52dec
 Version:    0.7.4
-Release:    48%{?dist}
+Release:    52%{?dist}
 License:    GPL-2.0-only
 URL:        http://liba52.sourceforge.net
 Source0:    %{url}/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:     a52dec-configure-optflags.patch
-Patch1:     a52dec-0.7.4-rpath64.patch
 Patch2:     liba52-silence.patch
-Patch3:     a52dec-configure-c99.patch
 
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: make
 
@@ -49,8 +48,10 @@ developing applications that use liba52-devel.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
-sed -i -e 's/-prefer-non-pic/-prefer-pic/' \
-  configure liba52/configure.incl
+sed -i -e 's/-prefer-non-pic/-prefer-pic/' liba52/configure.incl
+
+# regenerate autotools
+autoreconf -fiv
 
 # Convert to utf-8
 for file in AUTHORS; do
@@ -91,6 +92,18 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.4-52
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.4-51
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.4-50
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.4-49
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Mon Jan 22 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.4-48
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild