diff --git a/postgrey.spec b/postgrey.spec
index d1a1e2d..b5bd715 100644
--- a/postgrey.spec
+++ b/postgrey.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:              postgrey
 Version:           1.37
-Release:           27%{?dist}
+Release:           25%{?dist}
 Summary:           Postfix Greylisting Policy Server
 # File headers only state "GNU GPL", but the LICENSE sections state v2 and "any
 # later version"
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ BuildRequires:     systemd
 #Requires:          perl(Sys::Syslog)
 # Requiring postfix for its directories and GID.
 Recommends:        postfix
+Requires(pre):     shadow-utils
 Requires(post):    systemd
 Requires(preun):   systemd
 Requires(postun):  systemd
@@ -51,11 +52,6 @@ sed -i 's|nogroup|postgrey|g' postgrey
 sed -i 's|POD ||g;s|perldoc|man|g' README
 install -pm0644 %{SOURCE2} README.Fedora
 
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >postgrey.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u postgrey - 'Postfix Greylisting Service' %{_localstatedir}/spool/postfix/postgrey -
-EOF
-
 %build
 # We only have perl scripts, so just "build" the man page.
 pod2man \
@@ -95,8 +91,12 @@ install -pDm0644 postgrey.8 \
 install -pDm0755 contrib/postgreyreport \
     %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/postgreyreport
 
-install -m0644 -D postgrey.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/postgrey.conf
-
+%pre
+getent group postgrey >/dev/null || groupadd -r postgrey
+getent passwd postgrey >/dev/null || \
+    useradd -r -g postgrey -d %{_localstatedir}/spool/postfix/postgrey -s /sbin/nologin \
+    -c "Postfix Greylisting Service" postgrey
+exit 0
 
 %post
 %systemd_post postgrey.service
@@ -129,15 +129,8 @@ install -m0644 -D postgrey.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/postgrey.co
 %{_sbindir}/postgreyreport
 %{_mandir}/man8/postgrey.8*
 %dir %attr(0751,postgrey,postfix) %{_localstatedir}/spool/postfix/postgrey/
-%{_sysusersdir}/postgrey.conf
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.37-27
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.37-26
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
 * Sat Jan 18 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.37-25
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild