diff --git a/boggle_fread_chk.patch b/boggle_fread_chk.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 60a7ee8..0000000
--- a/boggle_fread_chk.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- bsd-games-2.17/boggle/boggle/word.c.orig	2024-11-27 23:17:50.170707535 +0000
-+++ bsd-games-2.17/boggle/boggle/word.c	2024-11-27 23:22:28.601210911 +0000
-@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ loaddict(fp)
- 
- 	p = dictspace;
- 	st = -1;
--	while (n > 0 && (st = fread(p, 1, BUFSIZ, fp)) > 0) {
-+	while (n > 0 && (st = fread(p, 1, n > st ? BUFSIZ : n, fp)) > 0) {
- 		p += st;
- 		n -= st;
- 	}
diff --git a/bsd-games.spec b/bsd-games.spec
index df28236..d246c5e 100644
--- a/bsd-games.spec
+++ b/bsd-games.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Summary: Collection of text-based games
 Name: bsd-games
 Version: 2.17
-Release: 82%{?dist}
+Release: 78%{?dist}
 # Automatically converted from old format: BSD and BSD with advertising - review is highly recommended.
 License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD-with-advertising
 URL: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Patch23: bsd-games-2.17-printf.patch
 Patch24: bsd-games-2.17-printw.patch
 Patch25: bsd-games-c99.patch
 Patch26: atc.patch
-Patch27: boggle_fread_chk.patch
 
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ BuildRequires: libfl-static
 BuildRequires: flex-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires: bison
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 
 %description
 Bsd-games includes adventure, arithmetic, atc, backgammon, battlestar,
@@ -96,14 +97,6 @@ popd
 %patch -P24 -p1 -b .printw
 %patch -P25 -p1 -b .c99
 %patch -P26 -p1 -b .atc
-%patch -P27 -p1 -b .fread_chk
-
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >bsd-games.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-g gamehack -
-g gamesail -
-g gamephant -
-EOF
 
 %build
 # We include a templatized configuration settings file to set
@@ -159,7 +152,11 @@ install -p -m 0644 acronyms* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/misc/
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/misc/acronyms-o.real $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/misc/acronyms-o
 popd
 
-install -m0644 -D bsd-games.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/bsd-games.conf
+%pre
+for group in gamehack gamesail gamephant; do
+    getent group $group >/dev/null || groupadd -r $group
+done
+exit 0
 
 %files
 %{_bindir}/adventure
@@ -226,21 +223,8 @@ install -m0644 -D bsd-games.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/bsd-games.
 %config(noreplace) %attr(664,root,games) %{_var}/games/snakerawscores
 %config(noreplace) %attr(664,root,games) %{_var}/games/bsd-fbg.scores
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog ChangeLog.0 THANKS YEAR2000 README.hunt trek/USD.doc/trek.me
-%{_sysusersdir}/bsd-games.conf
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17-82
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jan 23 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 2.17-81
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
-* Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.17-80
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Nov 27 2024 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 2.17-79
-- Add boggle_fread_chk.patch
-
 * Tue Sep 24 2024 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 2.17-78
 - Only show offensive acronyms with usage: wtf [-o] [-f dbfile] [is] term ...