diff --git a/SuperLU.spec b/SuperLU.spec
index 08e66fb..8785a00 100644
--- a/SuperLU.spec
+++ b/SuperLU.spec
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 
 Name:			SuperLU
 Version:		5.2.0
-Release:		7%{?dist}
+Release:		8%{?dist}
 Summary:		Subroutines to solve sparse linear systems
-%{?el5:Group:		System/Libraries}
 
 License:		BSD and GPLV2+
 URL:			http://crd-legacy.lbl.gov/~xiaoye/SuperLU/
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ Patch3:			%{genname}-5x-fix-testsuite.patch
 # patch obtained from the debian package
 Patch4:			%{genname}-removemc64.patch
 
-%{?el5:BuildRoot:	%(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)}
-BuildRequires:		atlas-devel
+BuildRequires:		atlas-devel, gcc
 BuildRequires:		csh
 
 %description
@@ -37,9 +35,7 @@ preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization.
 
 %package devel
 Summary:		Header files and libraries for SuperLU development
-%{?el5:Group:		Development/Libraries}
 Requires:		%{name}%{?_isa}		=  %{version}-%{release}
-%{?el5:Requires:	pkgconfig}
 
 %description devel 
 The %{name}-devel package contains the header files
@@ -85,7 +81,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} superlulib
 make -C TESTING
 
 %install
-%{?el5:rm -rf %{buildroot}}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/%{name}
 install -p SRC/libsuperlu.so.%{libver} %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
@@ -102,9 +97,6 @@ do
 done
 popd
 
-%{?el5:%clean}
-%{?el5:rm -rf %{buildroot}}
-
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 %files
@@ -120,6 +112,10 @@ popd
 %doc DOC EXAMPLE FORTRAN
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 21 2018 Antonio Trande <sagitterATfedoraproject.org> - 5.2.0-8
+- Add gcc BR
+- Remove el5 bits
+
 * Thu Feb 15 2018 Antonio Trande <sagitterATfedoraproject.org> - 5.2.0-7
 - Use %%ldconfig_scriptlets