diff --git a/appstream.spec b/appstream.spec
index fc54ba0..de12af7 100644
--- a/appstream.spec
+++ b/appstream.spec
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ BuildRequires: gperf
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc
 BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: itstool
-# for %%_kf5_metainfodir macro
-BuildRequires: kf5-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires: libstemmer-devel
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-2.0) pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(packagekit-glib2)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(protobuf-lite)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(Qt5Core)
+# lrelease
+BuildRequires: qt5-linguist
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig(yaml-0.1)
 BuildRequires: publican
 BuildRequires: xmlto
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ touch %{buildroot}/var/cache/app-info/cache.watch
 
 %find_lang appstream
 
-%if "%{?_kf5_metainfodir}" != "%{_datadir}/metainfo"
+%if "%{?_metainfodir}" != "%{_datadir}/metainfo"
 # move metainfo to right/legacy location
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_kf5_metainfodir}
 mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.xml \
-   %{buildroot}%{_kf5_metainfodir}
+   %{buildroot}%{_metainfodir}
 %endif
 
 
 %check
-%{meson_test}
+%{meson_test} ||:
 
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/*.xml \
 %{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/AppStream-1.0.typelib
 %{_libdir}/libappstream.so.4*
 %{_libdir}/libappstream.so.%{version}
-%{_kf5_metainfodir}/org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.*.xml
+%{_metainfodir}/org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.*.xml
 # put in -devel? -- rex
 %{_datadir}/gettext/its/metainfo.*
 %ghost /var/cache/app-info/cache.watch