diff --git a/newscache.spec b/newscache.spec
index 6fb3ab2..9f88e6b 100644
--- a/newscache.spec
+++ b/newscache.spec
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 Name: 		newscache
 Summary: 	Free cache server for USENET News
 Version: 	1.2
-Release: 	0.53.rc6%{?dist}
-# Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
-License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
-URL:		https://github.com/hstraub/NewsCache
+Release: 	0.44.rc6%{?dist}
+License:	GPLv2+
+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 +16,11 @@ 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
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ bandwidth consumption or the IO load caused by news clients.
 %setup -q -n %{srcnamever} -a 1
 
 cp etc/newscache.conf-dist newscache.conf
-%patch -P1 -p0
-%patch -P2 -p1
+%patch1 -p0
+%patch2 -p1
 
 #  to satisfy g++ >= 8.0
 sed -i 's/^main/int main/' configure.in
@@ -52,15 +51,10 @@ mkdir -p too/deep
 mv socket++-%{socketver} too/deep
 
 pushd too/deep/socket++-%{socketver}
-%patch -P3 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 popd
 
-%patch -P4 -p1
-
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >newscache.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u news - 'News user' /etc/news -
-EOF
+%patch4 -p1
 
 %build
 
@@ -126,9 +120,13 @@ 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
@@ -156,37 +154,9 @@ 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
-
-* Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.47.rc6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.46.rc6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.45.rc6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.44.rc6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild