diff --git a/atomicapp.spec b/atomicapp.spec
index 8a90936..ad2188c 100644
--- a/atomicapp.spec
+++ b/atomicapp.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-%define copying() \
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 21 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7 \
-%license %{*} \
-%else \
-%doc %{*} \
-%endif
-
 Name:		atomicapp
 Version:	0.1.3
 Release:	2%{?dist}
@@ -37,8 +30,11 @@ CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python2} setup.py build
 %install
 %{__python2} setup.py install --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
 
+#define license tag if not already defined
+%{!?_licensedir:%global license %doc}
+
 %files
-%copying gpl-3.txt  lgpl-3.0.txt
+%license gpl-3.txt  lgpl-3.0.txt
 %doc *.md MAINTAINERS Providers.asciidoc
 # *.py, *.pyc and *.pyo files
 %{python2_sitelib}/%{name}