diff --git a/yaml-cpp.spec b/yaml-cpp.spec
index 575c9f0..fb2572c 100644
--- a/yaml-cpp.spec
+++ b/yaml-cpp.spec
@@ -41,29 +41,23 @@ The %{name}-static package contains the static library for %{name}.
 
 
 %build
-rm -rf build_shared && mkdir build_shared
-rm -rf build_static && mkdir build_static
-
-pushd build_shared
-%cmake -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+%cmake -B build_shared \
+       -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
        -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-       ../
-%make_build
-popd
+       %{nil}
+%make_build -C build_shared
 
-pushd build_static
-%cmake -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+%cmake -B build_static \
+       -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
        -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
        -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-       ../
-%make_build
+       %{nil}
+%make_build -C build_static
 
 
 %install
-pushd build_static
-%make_install yaml-cpp
-popd
+%make_install -C build_static yaml-cpp
 
 # Move files so they don't get trampled
 mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/cmake/%{name} \
@@ -72,8 +66,7 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc \
    %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-static.pc
 
 
-pushd build_shared
-%make_install
+%make_install -C build_shared
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets