diff --git a/ngircd.spec b/ngircd.spec
index acb4468..3ee3849 100644
--- a/ngircd.spec
+++ b/ngircd.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           ngircd
 Version:        27
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Next Generation IRC Daemon
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Requires(post): systemd
 Requires(preun): systemd
 Requires(postun): systemd
 
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 
 %description
 ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 
@@ -37,11 +38,6 @@ scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like many others.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >ngircd.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u ngircd - 'Next Generation IRC Daemon' /tmp/ -
-EOF
-
 %build
 %configure \
 	--with-syslog \
@@ -69,11 +65,15 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/ngircd/INSTALL.md
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}
 echo d /run/ngircd 0750 ngircd ngircd - > %{buildroot}%{_tmpfilesdir}/ngircd.conf
 
-install -m0644 -D ngircd.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/ngircd.conf
-
 %check
 make check
 
+%pre
+getent group ngircd >/dev/null || groupadd -r ngircd
+getent passwd ngircd >/dev/null || \
+    useradd -r -g ngircd -d /tmp/ -s /sbin/nologin \
+    -c "Next Generation IRC Daemon" ngircd
+exit 0
 
 %post
 %systemd_post ngircd.service
@@ -96,15 +96,8 @@ make check
 %{_mandir}/man5/ngircd.conf*
 %{_mandir}/man8/ngircd.8*
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/ngircd.conf
-%{_sysusersdir}/ngircd.conf
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 27-6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 27-5
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
 * Fri Jan 17 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 27-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild