diff --git a/yp-tools-4.2.3-yppasswd-exclamation_mark.patch b/yp-tools-4.2.3-yppasswd-exclamation_mark.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c85be96..0000000
--- a/yp-tools-4.2.3-yppasswd-exclamation_mark.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur yp-tools-4.2.3/src/yppasswd.c yp-tools-4.2.3/src/yppasswd.c
---- yp-tools-4.2.3/src/yppasswd.c       2018-03-27 15:47:48.000000000 +0200
-+++ yp-tools-4.2.3/src/yppasswd.c        2022-08-16 19:02:41.727441211 +0200
-@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@
-         }
-     }
-
-+  if (strchr(pwd->pw_passwd, '!') != NULL || strchr(pwd->pw_passwd, '*') != NULL) {
-+      printf("%s: The account is locked or has no password. Please unlock the account or set an initial password\n", progname);
-+      return 1;
-+  }
-+
-   /* Initialize password information */
-   memset (&yppwd, '\0', sizeof (yppwd));
-   yppwd.newpw.pw_passwd = pwd->pw_passwd;
diff --git a/yp-tools.spec b/yp-tools.spec
index 9e04312..1d899b4 100644
--- a/yp-tools.spec
+++ b/yp-tools.spec
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 Summary: NIS (or YP) client programs
 Name: yp-tools
 Version: 4.2.3
-Release: 23%{?dist}
-License: GPL-2.0-only
-
-URL: https://www.thkukuk.de/nis/nis/yp-tools/
+Release: 13%{?dist}
+License: GPLv2
 Source: https://github.com/thkukuk/yp-tools/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
-
 Patch1: yp-tools-2.12-hash.patch
 Patch2: yp-tools-2.12-crypt.patch
 Patch3: yp-tools-2.12-adjunct.patch
 Patch4: yp-tools-4.2.2-strict-prototypes.patch
 Patch5: yp-tools-4.2.3-yppasswd.patch
-Patch6: yp-tools-4.2.3-yppasswd-exclamation_mark.patch
-
+Url: http://www.linux-nis.org/nis/yp-tools/index.html
 BuildRequires: make
-BuildRequires: libxcrypt-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, gettext-devel, libtool, libtirpc-devel, libnsl2-devel
 Requires: ypbind >= 3:2.4-2
 Requires: glibc
@@ -51,7 +46,13 @@ Install yp-tools-devel package for developing applications that use yp-tools
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1 -b .hash
+%patch2 -p1 -b .crypt
+%patch3 -p1 -b .adjunct
+%patch4 -p1 -b .strict-prototypes
+%patch5 -p1
+
 
 autoreconf -i -f -v
 
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ autoreconf -i -f -v
 
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS %{optflags} -Wno-cast-function-type"
 
-# If needed the yppasswd can be deprecated by --enable-call-passwd
 %configure --disable-domainname
 
 %make_build
@@ -80,37 +80,6 @@ make DESTDIR="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" INSTALL_PROGRAM=install install
 /var/yp/nicknames
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-23
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-22
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-21
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Feb 01 2025 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-20
-- Add explicit BR: libxcrypt-devel
-
-* Sun Jan 19 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-19
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jul 20 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-18
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jan 30 2024 Ondrej Sloup <osloup@redhat.com> - 4.2.3-17
-- Update license tag to the SPDX format (GPL-2.0-only)
-- Fix /etc/passwd flags for locked and deactivated account (rhbz#2093381)
-
-* Sat Jan 27 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-16
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-15
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-14
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Sat Jul 23 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.3-13
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild