diff --git a/aalib.spec b/aalib.spec
index f43ae9c..1a7b0f1 100644
--- a/aalib.spec
+++ b/aalib.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 %global         rc_subver     rc5
-%global         optflags      %{optflags} -std=gnu17
 
 Summary:        ASCII art library
 Name:           aalib
 Version:        1.4.0
-Release:        0.57.%{rc_subver}%{?dist}
+Release:        0.50.%{rc_subver}%{?dist}
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL:            http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
 Source0:        http://download.sourceforge.net/aa-project/%{name}-1.4%{rc_subver}.tar.gz
@@ -12,22 +11,18 @@ Patch0:         aalib-aclocal.patch
 Patch1:         aalib-config-rpath.patch
 Patch2:         aalib-1.4rc5-bug149361.patch
 Patch3:         aalib-1.4rc5-rpath.patch
-Patch4:         aalib-1.4rc5-x_libs.patch
-Patch5:         aalib-1.4rc5-libflag.patch
-Patch6:         aalib-c99.patch
-Patch7:         https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/aalib/files/aalib-1.4_rc5-free-offset-pointer.patch
-Patch8:         https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/aalib/files/aalib-1.4_rc5-fix-aarender.patch
+Patch4:		aalib-1.4rc5-x_libs.patch
+Patch5:		aalib-1.4rc5-libflag.patch
+Patch6:		aalib-c99.patch
+Patch7:		https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/aalib/files/aalib-1.4_rc5-free-offset-pointer.patch
+Patch8:		https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/aalib/files/aalib-1.4_rc5-fix-aarender.patch
 # Modern ncurses has an opaque WINDOW structure (you cannot address its members directly)
 # Use the getmaxx() and getmaxy() functions provided by ncurses instead.
 Patch9:		aalib-1.4rc5-opaque-ncurses-fix.patch
 
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  gpm-devel
-BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires:  libXt-devel
-BuildRequires:  make
-BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
-BuildRequires:  slang-devel
+BuildRequires:  slang-devel libXt-devel gpm-devel ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:	autoconf libtool
+BuildRequires:	make
 
 %description
 AA-lib is a low level gfx library just as many other libraries are. The
@@ -68,11 +63,11 @@ autoreconf -v -f -i
 %build
 %configure --disable-static  --with-curses-driver=yes --with-ncurses
 
-%make_build
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 
 %install
-%make_install
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="%{__install} -p"
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT{%{_libdir}/libaa.la,%{_infodir}/dir}
 
 # clean up multilib conflicts
@@ -90,7 +85,7 @@ touch -r NEWS $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/aalib-config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/
 %files libs
 %doc README ChangeLog NEWS
 %license COPYING
-%{_libdir}/libaa.so.1*
+%{_libdir}/libaa.so.*
 
 %files devel
 %{_bindir}/aalib-config
@@ -101,29 +96,6 @@ touch -r NEWS $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/aalib-config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/aalib.m4
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.57.rc5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.56.rc5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Mar  3 2025 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.55.rc5
-- force std=gnu17 (it does not support C23)
-- fixes FTBFS
-
-* Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.54.rc5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jan 03 2025 Xavier Bachelot <xavier@bachelot.org> - 1.4.0-0.53.rc5
-- Re-enable gpm on EL10
-
-* Fri Oct 04 2024 Xavier Bachelot <xavier@bachelot.org> - 1.4.0-0.52.rc5
-- Do not BuildRequires gpm-devel on EL10
-- Specfile clean up
-
-* Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.51.rc5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Sat Feb 10 2024 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-0.50.rc5
 - apply two fixes from gentoo
 - fix aalib to handle opaque WINDOW in ncurses