diff --git a/generate-rpm-note.sh b/generate-rpm-note.sh
index edf5cb1..ed84aae 100755
--- a/generate-rpm-note.sh
+++ b/generate-rpm-note.sh
@@ -1,66 +1,24 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-readonly=1
-insert_after=1
-
-pad_string() {
-    for _ in $(seq "$1"); do
-        printf ' BYTE(0x00)'
-    done
-}
-
-write_string() {
-    text="$1"
-    prefix="$2"
-    label="$3"
-    total="$4"
-
-    printf "%s/* %s: '%s' */" "$prefix" "$label" "$text"
-    for i in $(seq ${#text}); do
-        if (( i % 4 == 1 )); then
-            printf '\n%s' "$prefix"
-        else
-            printf ' '
-        fi
-        printf 'BYTE(0x%02x)' "'${text:i-1:1}"
-    done
-
-    pad_string $(( total - ${#text} ))
-    printf '\n'
-}
-
-write_script() {
-    value_len=$(( (${#1} + 3) / 4 * 4 ))
-    [ -n "$readonly" ] && readonly_attr='(READONLY) '
-
-    printf 'SECTIONS\n{\n'
-    printf '    .note.package %s: ALIGN(4) {\n' "$readonly_attr"
-    # Note that for the binary fields we use the native 4 bytes type, to avoid
-    # endianness issues.
-    printf '        LONG(0x0004)                                /* Length of Owner including NUL */\n'
-    printf '        LONG(0x%04x)                                /* Length of Value including NUL */\n' \
-        ${value_len}
-    printf '        LONG(0xcafe1a7e)                            /* Note ID */\n'
-
-    printf "        BYTE(0x46) BYTE(0x44) BYTE(0x4f) BYTE(0x00) /* Owner: 'FDO' */\n"
-
-    write_string "$1" '        ' 'Value' "$value_len"
-
-    printf '    }\n}\n'
-    [ -n "$insert_after" ] && printf 'INSERT AFTER .note.gnu.build-id;\n'
-    :
-}
-
-if [ "$1" == "--readonly=no" ]; then
-    shift
-    readonly=
-fi
-
-if [ "$1" == "--insert-after=no" ]; then
-    shift
-    insert_after=
-fi
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
+# Prints a quoted --package-metadata string suitable for being used from an RPM
+# macro in a way that gets correctly propagated down to the linker.
 
 cpe="$(cat /usr/lib/system-release-cpe)"
-json="$(printf '{"type":"rpm","name":"%s","version":"%s","architecture":"%s","osCpe":"%s"}' "$1" "$2" "$3" "$cpe")"
-write_script "$json"
+
+# We need to print the escapes as-is, so single quote echo, but also print the
+# variables, so do it in multiple lines.
+# The many quotes are necessary so that the compiler gets:
+#   -Xlinker "--package-metadata={\"type\":\"rpm\",\"name\":\"foo\",\"version\":\"bar\",\"architecture\":\"baz\",\"osCpe\":\"barbaz\"}"
+# This way the inner quotes make it into the parsed string, and the outer quotes
+# ensure the { } do not get expanded. -Xlinker instead of -Wl allows to use commas.
+echo -n '-Xlinker \"--package-metadata={\\\"type\\\":\\\"rpm\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"'
+echo -n "$1"
+echo -n '\\\",\\\"version\\\":\\\"'
+echo -n "$2"
+echo -n '\\\",\\\"architecture\\\":\\\"'
+echo -n "$3"
+echo -n '\\\",\\\"osCpe\\\":\\\"'
+echo -n "$cpe"
+# Yes, the closing bracket needs to be escaped, otherwise it gets duplicated:
+#   "--package-metadata={\"type\":\"rpm\",\"name\":\"foo\",\"version\":\"bar\",\"architecture\":\"baz\",\"osCpe\":\"barbaz\"}"}
+echo -n '\\\"\}\"'
diff --git a/macros.package-notes-srpm b/macros.package-notes-srpm
index 213d051..c7db29c 100644
--- a/macros.package-notes-srpm
+++ b/macros.package-notes-srpm
@@ -7,49 +7,26 @@
 # To opt out of the use of this feature completely, include this in
 # the spec file:
 #
-#   %undefine _package_note_file
+#   %undefine _package_note_flags
 #
-# The other macros can be undefined too to replace parts of the
-# functionality. If %_generate_package_note_file is undefined, the
-# linker script will not be generated, but the link flags may still
-# refer to it. This may be useful if the default generation method is
-# insufficient and a different mechanism will be used to generate
-# %_package_note_file. If %_package_note_flags is undefined, the
-# linker argument that injects the script will not be added to
-# %build_ldfags, but the linker script would still be generated.
-
-# The name of the file with the linker script. If %{buildsubdir} is
-# defined, the file will be placed therein. Otherwise, one level up,
-# directly in %{_builddir}.
-#
-# Note that %{version}-%{release} used here might be redefined from
-# the "primary" values when subpackages with different version-release
-# are specified. The contents of the script use the shell variable
-# $RPM_PACKAGE_NAME, $RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION, $RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE,
-# and $RPM_ARCH that are set early and seem to always contain the "primary"
-# values for the main package.
-%_package_note_file     %{_builddir}%{?buildsubdir:/%{buildsubdir}}/.package_note-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}.ld
-
 # Which linker will be used? This should be either "bfd", "gold", or
-# "lld". Unfortunately linkers other than bfd do not support some of
-# the options that we'd like to use, so if this is set to anything
-# other than "bfd", note insertion is disabled.
+# "mold". Unfortunately "lld" does not support the --package-metadata flag so
+# the note insertion is disabled when using it.
 #
 # (The default linker for clang on armv7hl is lld.)
 %_package_note_linker   %["%_target_cpu" == "armv7hl" && "%{toolchain}" == "clang" ? "lld" : "bfd"]
 
-# Whether to specify the READONLY attribute for the inserted
-# section. We generally want this, but binutils <= 2.37 and other
-# linkers do not support it.
-%_package_note_readonly %["%_package_note_linker" == "bfd"?"1":"0"]
+# These are defined for backwards compatibility. Do not use.
+%_package_note_file     1
+%_generate_package_note_file %{nil}
 
 # Overall status: 1 if looks like we can insert the note, 0 otherwise
-%_package_note_status   %[0%{?_package_note_file:1} && 0%{?name:1} && "%_target_cpu" != "noarch" && "%_package_note_linker" == "bfd" ? 1 : 0]
+%_package_note_status   %[0%{?_package_note_file:1} && 0%{?name:1} && "%_target_cpu" != "noarch" && "%_package_note_linker" != "lld" ? 1 : 0]
 
-# The linker flags to be passed to the compiler to insert the notes section.
-%_package_note_flags    %[%_package_note_status?"-Wl,%["%_package_note_linker" != "lld"?"-dT":"-T"],%{_package_note_file}":""]
+# The linker flags to be passed to the compiler to insert the notes section will be created by the spec file,
+# to avoid issues with quoting and escaping across different build systems and shells.
+%_package_note_flags    %[%_package_note_status?"-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-package-notes":""]
 
-# The command to actually generate the linker script that inserts the
-# notes file. This command is automatically used as part of the build
-# preamble.
-%_generate_package_note_file %[%_package_note_status?"if [ -f %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh ]; then %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh %[0%{?_package_note_readonly}?"":"--readonly=no "]${RPM_PACKAGE_NAME:?} ${RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION:?}-${RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE:?} ${RPM_ARCH:?} >%{_package_note_file}; fi":""]
+# Passing linker flags inline via -Xlinker causes autotools failures, as libtool eats the escaped quotes
+#%_package_note_json     %(%{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh %name %version %_arch)
+#%_package_note_flags    %[%_package_note_status?"%_package_note_json":""]
diff --git a/package-notes.spec b/package-notes.spec
index e7f26a1..03d9a22 100644
--- a/package-notes.spec
+++ b/package-notes.spec
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 Name:           package-notes
-Version:        0.4
+Version:        0.5
 Release:        %autorelease
-Summary:        Generate a linker script to insert .note.package section
-
-%global forgeurl https://github.com/systemd/package-notes
-%forgemeta
-
-License:        CC0
-URL:            %{forgeurl}
-Source0:        %{forgesource}
+Summary:        Generate LDFLAGS to insert .note.package section
+License:        0BSD
 
+Source0:        redhat-package-notes.in
 Source1:        generate-rpm-note.sh
 Source2:        macros.package-notes-srpm
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-Requires:       python3dist(simplejson)
 
 %description
 This package provides a generator of linker scripts that insert a section with
@@ -24,33 +17,31 @@ for.
 
 %package srpm-macros
 Summary:        %{summary}
+Obsoletes:      package-notes < 0.5
+# Those are minimum versions that implement --package-metadata
+Conflicts:      binutils < 2.38-23
+Conflicts:      binutils-gold < 2.38-23
+Conflicts:      mold < 1.3.0
 
 %description srpm-macros
-RPM macros to inject a linker script into link flags and a helper to generate
-a script that inserts a section with an ELF note with a JSON payload that
-describes the package the binary was built for.
+RPM macros to insert a section with an ELF note with a JSON payload that
+describes the package the binary was built for via compiler spec file.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
-
-%build
 # nothing to do
 
-%install
-install -Dt %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/ generate-package-notes
-install -m0644 -Dt %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/ debian/generate-package-notes.1
+%build
+sed "s|@OSCPE@|$(cat /usr/lib/system-release-cpe)|" %{SOURCE0} > redhat-package-notes
 
-# A partial reimplementation without Python
+%install
+install -Dt %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/ redhat-package-notes
 install -Dt %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/ %{SOURCE1}
 install -m0644 -Dt %{buildroot}%{_rpmmacrodir}/ %{SOURCE2}
 
-%files
-%{_bindir}/generate-package-notes
-%{_mandir}/man1/generate-package-notes.1*
-
 %files srpm-macros
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh
 %{_rpmmacrodir}/macros.package-notes-srpm
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/redhat-package-notes
 
 %changelog
 %autochangelog
diff --git a/redhat-package-notes.in b/redhat-package-notes.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a19b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redhat-package-notes.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*link:
++ --package-metadata={\"type\":\"rpm\",\"name\":\"%:getenv(RPM_PACKAGE_NAME \",\"version\":\"%:getenv(RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION -%:getenv(RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE \",\"architecture\":\"%:getenv(RPM_ARCH \",\"osCpe\":\"@OSCPE@\"}))))
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 180591a..e69de29 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SHA512 (package-notes-0.4.tar.gz) = 97a36e4125db99bca02e02eac5d2f823ae38e4c8a083a624f5f72f8d4a4c80fcfb24c8d15bbb922e0f28f5d6da97a87789a881a26aa02e2c1034c485a8866735