diff --git a/monotone-server-sysusers.conf b/monotone-server-sysusers.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index deb48d3..0000000
--- a/monotone-server-sysusers.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#Type Name     ID GECOS                     Home directory     Shell
-u     monotone -  "Monotone Netsync Server" /var/lib/monotone
diff --git a/monotone.spec b/monotone.spec
index 72e35eb..081fb1b 100644
--- a/monotone.spec
+++ b/monotone.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 Name:            monotone
 Version:         1.1
-Release:         53%{?dist}
+Release:         46%{?dist}
 Summary:         A free, distributed version control system
-# Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
-License:         GPL-2.0-or-later
+License:         GPLv2+
 URL:             http://monotone.ca/
 Source0:         http://monotone.ca/downloads/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:         monotone.service
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ Source5:         monotone-server-initdb
 Source6:         monotone-server-migratedb
 Source7:         monotone-server-genkey
 Source8:         monotone-server-import
-Source9:         monotone-server-sysusers.conf
 Patch0:          monotone-1.0-stacktrace-on-crash.patch
 Patch1:          monotone-1.1-iostream.patch
 Patch2:          monotone-1.1-lua-integer.patch
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ BuildRequires:   sqlite-devel >= 3.3.8
 BuildRequires:   lua-devel >= 5.1
 BuildRequires:   libidn-devel
 BuildRequires:   systemd
-BuildRequires:   systemd-rpm-macros
-%{?sysusers_requires_compat}
 
 # Required by the test suite:
 BuildRequires:   cvs
@@ -145,8 +141,6 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions
 mv %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/monotone.bash_completion \
              %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}.bash_completion
 
-install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/monotone-server.conf
-
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %doc AUTHORS NEWS README UPGRADE
@@ -189,11 +183,15 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/monotone-server.con
 %attr(0640,root,monotone) %verify(not md5 size mtime) %ghost %config(missingok,noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/monotone/write-permissions
 %dir %attr(0770,monotone,monotone) %{_localstatedir}/lib/monotone
 %attr(0660,monotone,monotone) %verify(not md5 size mtime) %ghost %config(missingok,noreplace) %{_localstatedir}/lib/monotone/server.mtn
-%{_sysusersdir}/monotone-server.conf
 
 
 %pre server
-%sysusers_create_compat %{SOURCE9}
+# Add "monotone" user per http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/UsersAndGroups
+getent group monotone > /dev/null || groupadd -r monotone
+getent passwd monotone > /dev/null ||
+useradd -r -g monotone -r -d %{_localstatedir}/lib/monotone -s /sbin/nologin \
+        -c "Monotone Netsync Server" monotone
+exit 0
 
 
 %post server
@@ -209,27 +207,6 @@ install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE9} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/monotone-server.con
 
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Aug 28 2025 Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny@gmx.de> - 1.1-53
-- Update for current users and groups guidelines.
-
-* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-52
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jan 17 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-51
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jul  26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 1.1-50
-- convert license to SPDX
-
-* Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-49
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-48
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-47
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1-46
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild