diff --git a/eventlog.spec b/eventlog.spec
index 5282513..6204dee 100644
--- a/eventlog.spec
+++ b/eventlog.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-%define libdir /%{_lib}
-
 Name: eventlog
 Version: 0.2.12
 Release: 1%{?dist}
@@ -14,6 +12,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
 Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
+Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description
 The EventLog library aims to be a replacement of the simple syslog() API
@@ -74,17 +73,8 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
 
-# we build into /usr/lib,
-# but we want the library (but not the devel stuff) in /lib
-install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/%{libdir}
-pushd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
-mv libevtlog.so.* %{buildroot}/%{libdir}
-ln -sf ../../%{_lib}/libevtlog.so.*.* libevtlog.so
-popd
-
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libevtlog.la
 
-
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
@@ -97,7 +87,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING CREDITS NEWS README
-%{libdir}/libevtlog.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libevtlog.so.*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)