diff --git a/sqlgrey.spec b/sqlgrey.spec
index f8b9ea6..c87372b 100644
--- a/sqlgrey.spec
+++ b/sqlgrey.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           sqlgrey
 Version:        1.8.0
-Release:        33%{?dist}
+Release:        31%{?dist}
 Summary:        Postfix grey-listing policy service
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 
 Requires:               postfix
 Requires:               perl(DBD::SQLite)
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires(post): systemd
 Requires(preun): systemd
 Requires(postun): systemd
@@ -33,11 +34,6 @@ to 90% of junk mails (spam and virus) before they reach your Postfix server
 %patch -P0 -p1
 %patch -P1 -p1
 
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >sqlgrey.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u sqlgrey - 'SQLgrey server' /var/lib/sqlgrey -
-EOF
-
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -50,8 +46,6 @@ mkdir -p -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_var}/lib
 mkdir -m 750 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_var}/lib/sqlgrey
 touch $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_var}/lib/sqlgrey/sqlgrey.db
 
-install -m0644 -D sqlgrey.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sqlgrey.conf
-
 %files
 %doc Changelog CONTRIB COPYING FAQ HOWTO README* TODO
 %{_unitdir}/sqlgrey.service
@@ -69,8 +63,13 @@ install -m0644 -D sqlgrey.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sqlgrey.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sqlgrey/*.regexp
 # Warning admins to not touch the above files
 %attr(644,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/sqlgrey/README
-%{_sysusersdir}/sqlgrey.conf
 
+%pre
+getent group sqlgrey >/dev/null || groupadd -r sqlgrey
+getent passwd sqlgrey >/dev/null || \
+    useradd -r -g sqlgrey -d /var/lib/sqlgrey -s /sbin/nologin \
+    -c "SQLgrey server" sqlgrey
+exit 0
 
 %post
 %systemd_post sqlgrey.service
@@ -82,12 +81,6 @@ install -m0644 -D sqlgrey.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/sqlgrey.conf
 %systemd_postun_with_restart sqlgrey.service
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.0-33
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.8.0-32
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
 * Sat Feb 08 2025 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.8.0-31
 - Adjust to sbin/bin consolidation. Fixes FTBFS rhbz#2341376