diff --git a/webalizer.spec b/webalizer.spec
index 82a2613..d7ad7a0 100644
--- a/webalizer.spec
+++ b/webalizer.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Name: webalizer
 Summary: A flexible Web server log file analysis program
 Version: 2.23_08
-Release: 29%{?dist}
+Release: 26%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/
 # Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires: gd-devel, %{db_devel}, bzip2-devel
 BuildRequires: GeoIP-devel
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires: httpd, crontabs
 
 %description
@@ -54,11 +55,6 @@ Web traffic is coming from easy.
 %patch -P24 -p1 -b .sample_typo
 %patch -P25 -p1 -b .gcc10_common_support
 
-# Create a sysusers.d config file
-cat >webalizer.sysusers.conf <<EOF
-u webalizer - 'Webalizer' %{_localstatedir}/www/usage -
-EOF
-
 %build
 #CPPFLAGS="-I%{_includedir}/db4" ; export CPPFLAGS
 #CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS $CPPFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE" ; export CFLAGS
@@ -87,8 +83,12 @@ install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE4} \
 
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/webalizer.conf.sample
 
-install -m0644 -D webalizer.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/webalizer.conf
-
+%pre
+getent group webalizer >/dev/null || groupadd -r webalizer
+getent passwd webalizer >/dev/null || \
+    useradd -r -g webalizer -d %{_localstatedir}/www/usage -s /sbin/nologin \
+    -c "Webalizer" webalizer
+exit 0
 
 %files
 %doc README
@@ -101,18 +101,8 @@ install -m0644 -D webalizer.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/webalizer.
 %attr(-, webalizer, root) %dir %{_localstatedir}/www/usage
 %attr(-, webalizer, root) %dir %{_localstatedir}/lib/webalizer
 %attr(-, webalizer, root) %{_localstatedir}/www/usage/*.png
-%{_sysusersdir}/webalizer.conf
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.23_08-29
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 2.23_08-28
-- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
-
-* Sun Jan 19 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.23_08-27
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Fri Jul 26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 2.23_08-26
 - convert license to SPDX