diff --git a/libwpd.spec b/libwpd.spec
index 1f5d107..01f52fc 100644
--- a/libwpd.spec
+++ b/libwpd.spec
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ The %{name}-doc package contains API documentation for %{name}.
 chmod -x docs/%{name}.dia
 
 %build
-%configure --disable-static --disable-werror
+%configure --disable-static --disable-werror --disable-silent-rules
 sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
 sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
-make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/src/lib/.libs${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
 help2man -N -n 'debug the conversion library' -o wpd2raw.1 ./src/conv/raw/.libs/wpd2raw