diff --git a/botan2.spec b/botan2.spec
index b7e780d..710b34e 100644
--- a/botan2.spec
+++ b/botan2.spec
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:-%{optflags}}"
         --with-sphinx \
         --with-rst2man \
         --distribution-info=$(cat /etc/os-release | grep ^NAME= | sed 's/NAME=//g') \
+        --disable-static-library \
         --with-debug-info
 
 %make_build
@@ -99,10 +100,7 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/botan-%{version} %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
 rm -r %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/manual/{.doctrees,.buildinfo}
 
 
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 
 %files
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ rm -r %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/manual/{.doctrees,.buildinfo}
 %files devel
 %license license.txt
 %{_includedir}/*
-%exclude %{_libdir}/libbotan-%{major_version}.a
 %{_libdir}/libbotan-%{major_version}.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/botan-%{major_version}.pc
 
@@ -145,6 +142,8 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%{buildroot}%{_libdir} ./botan-test
 - Make dependency on rst2man explicit.
 - Don't use Python2 at all.
 - Remove shebang from botan2.py.
+- Don't build a static library.
+- Switch to %%ldconfig_scriptlets.
 
 * Tue Mar 13 2018 Iryna Shcherbina <ishcherb@redhat.com> - 2.4.0-5
 - Update Python 2 dependency declarations to new packaging standards