diff --git a/barcode.spec b/barcode.spec
index 4a192b3..a3b9bfe 100644
--- a/barcode.spec
+++ b/barcode.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: generates barcodes from text strings
 Name: barcode
 Version: 0.98
-Release: 27%{?dist}
+Release: 28%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/Text
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/barcode/barcode-0.98.tar.gz
@@ -60,19 +60,20 @@ if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 %files
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc COPYING ChangeLog README TODO doc/barcode.html
 %{_bindir}/barcode
 %{_mandir}/man1/barcode.1.gz
 %{_infodir}/barcode.info.gz
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_includedir}/*.h
 %{_libdir}/*.a
 %{_mandir}/man3/barcode.3.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 17 2016 Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> - 0.98-28
+- remove useless %%defattr for clarity
+
 * Wed Feb 24 2016 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi@redhat.com> - 0.98-27
 - Fix F24FTBFS caused by docs shipped in tarball (#1307342)
 - Fix build of HTML documenation