diff --git a/newt.spec b/newt.spec
index 8c2bcee..ce39d82 100644
--- a/newt.spec
+++ b/newt.spec
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 # gpm support seems to smash the stack w/ we use help in anaconda??
 # --with-gpm-support
 %configure --without-tcl
-make %{?_smp_mflags} all
+%make_build all
 chmod 0644 peanuts.py popcorn.py
 docbook2txt tutorial.sgml
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
+%make_install
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libnewt.a
 
 %find_lang %{name}