diff --git a/newscache.spec b/newscache.spec
index 6fb3ab2..05d3420 100644
--- a/newscache.spec
+++ b/newscache.spec
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 Name: 		newscache
 Summary: 	Free cache server for USENET News
 Version: 	1.2
-Release: 	0.53.rc6%{?dist}
+Release: 	0.48.rc6%{?dist}
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
-URL:		https://github.com/hstraub/NewsCache
+URL:		http://www.linuxhacker.at/newscache/
 Source0: 	http://src.linuxhacker.at/NewsCache/%{srcnamever}.tar.gz
 Source1:	http://src.linuxhacker.at/socket++/socket++-%{socketver}.tar.gz
 Source2:	%{name}.init
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Patch2:		newscache-1.2rc6-gcc43.patch
 Patch3:		socket++-1.12.12-drop_doc.patch
 Patch4:		newscache-glibc.patch
 BuildRequires: make
-BuildRequires: libxcrypt-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:	libtool, texinfo, pam-devel
 BuildRequires:	systemd-units
 
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires(post):	systemd-units
 Requires(preun): systemd-units
 Requires(postun): systemd-units
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ popd
 
 %patch -P4 -p1
 
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >newscache.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u news - 'News user' /etc/news -
-EOF
-
 %build
 
 # socket++ is a library from the same site as NewScache.
@@ -126,9 +121,13 @@ EOF
 chmod 755 %{name}
 popd
 
-install -m0644 -D newscache.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/newscache.conf
 
+%pre
 
+getent group news >/dev/null || groupadd -r news
+getent passwd news >/dev/null || \
+    useradd -r -g news -d /etc/news -s /sbin/nologin -c 'News user' news
+exit 0
 
 
 %post
@@ -156,25 +155,9 @@ install -m0644 -D newscache.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/newscache.
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README THANKS TODO
 %doc doc/newscache*.txt etc/*-dist
 %{_mandir}/*/*
-%{_sysusersdir}/newscache.conf
 
 
 %changelog
-* Sat Oct  4 2025 Dmitry Butskoy <Dmitry@Butskoy.name> - 1.2-0.53.rc6
-- update URL (#2401403)
-
-* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.52.rc6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.2-0.51.rc6
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
-* Sat Feb 01 2025 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.50.rc6
-- Add explicit BR: libxcrypt-devel
-
-* Fri Jan 17 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.49.rc6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Fri Jul 26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 1.2-0.48.rc6
 - convert license to SPDX