diff --git a/ipmitool.spec b/ipmitool.spec
index 855ae8e..0486094 100644
--- a/ipmitool.spec
+++ b/ipmitool.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:         ipmitool
 Summary:      Utility for IPMI control
 Version:      1.8.18
-Release:      5%{?dist}
+Release:      6%{?dist}
 License:      BSD
 Group:        System Environment/Base
 URL:          http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Patch1: 0001-CVE-2011-4339-OpenIPMI.patch
 Patch2: 0002-openssl.patch
 
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel readline-devel ncurses-devel
-BuildRequires: systemd-units
+%{?systemd_requires}
+BuildRequires: systemd
 # bootstrap
 BuildRequires: automake autoconf libtool
 Obsoletes: OpenIPMI-tools < 2.0.14-3
@@ -42,10 +43,8 @@ setting LAN configuration, and chassis power control.
 
 %package -n ipmievd
 Requires: ipmitool
-Requires(post): systemd-sysv
-Requires(post): systemd-units
-Requires(preun): systemd-units
-Requires(postun): systemd-units
+%{?systemd_requires}
+BuildRequires: systemd
 Summary: IPMI event daemon for sending events to syslog
 %description -n ipmievd
 ipmievd is a daemon which will listen for events from the BMC that are
@@ -66,10 +65,8 @@ of net-snmp to include redirections to BMC based SNMP.
 Requires: hostname
 Requires: ipmitool
 BuildArch: noarch
-Requires(post): systemd-sysv
-Requires(post): systemd-units
-Requires(preun): systemd-units
-Requires(postun): systemd-units
+%{?systemd_requires}
+BuildRequires: systemd
 
 Summary: Let OS and BMC exchange info
 
@@ -178,6 +175,9 @@ install -Dm 755 contrib/bmc-snmp-proxy         %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/bmc-sn
 %{_libexecdir}/bmc-snmp-proxy
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 21 2017 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1.8.18-6
+- remove old systemd dependencies
+
 * Tue Feb 21 2017 Josef Ridky <jridky@redhat.com> - 1.8.18-5
 - Fix allocation issue