diff --git a/gfal2-util.spec b/gfal2-util.spec
index 3e592b7..aff985b 100644
--- a/gfal2-util.spec
+++ b/gfal2-util.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%{!?python2_sitearch: %global python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+%{!?python2_version:  %global python2_version  %(%{__python2} -c "from sys import version_info; print('%d.%d'% (version_info[0],version_info[1]))")}
+
 Name:           gfal2-util
-Version:        1.6.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        1.5.3
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        GFAL2 utility tools
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            http://dmc.web.cern.ch/
@@ -14,13 +18,17 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  gfal2-core
-BuildRequires:  gfal2-python >= 1.9.5
+BuildRequires:  gfal2-python >= 1.9.0
 BuildRequires:  gfal2-plugin-file
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 
-Requires:       gfal2-python >= 1.9.5
+Requires:       gfal2-python >= 1.9.0
 Requires:       python2
 
+%if %{?fedora}%{!?fedora:0} < 26
+BuildRequires:      python-argparse
+Requires:       python-argparse
+%endif
 
 %description
 gfal2-util is a set of basic utility tools for file 
@@ -29,10 +37,11 @@ gfal2-util supports the protocols of GFAL 2.0 : WebDav(s),
 gridFTP, http(s), SRM, xrootd, etc...
 
 %clean
-%{__python3} setup.py clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__python2} setup.py clean
 
 %prep
-%autosetup
+%setup -q
 
 %build
 # Validate the version
@@ -44,59 +53,23 @@ if [ "$gfal2_util_ver" != "$gfal2_util_spec_ver" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-%{__python3} setup.py build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
 
 %install
-%{__python3} setup.py install --root=%{buildroot}
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__python2} setup.py install --root=%{buildroot}
+
+%check
+%{__python2} test/functional/test_all.py
 
 %files
-%{python3_sitelib}/gfal2_util*
+%{python2_sitelib}/gfal2_util*
 %{_bindir}/gfal-*
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
-%doc RELEASE-NOTES VERSION
-%license LICENSE
-
-%changelog
-* Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.0-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jun 04 2021 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 1.6.0-4
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.10
-
-* Tue Feb 02 2021 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 1.6.0-3
-- Disable tests to fix FTBFS for while
-
-* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.0-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Dec 15 2020 Michal Simon <michal.simon@cern.ch> - 1.6.0-1
-- Upgrade to upstream release 1.6.0
+%doc RELEASE-NOTES VERSION LICENSE
 
-* Sat Aug 01 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-9
-- Second attempt - Rebuilt for
-  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-8
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue May 26 2020 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.5.3-7
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.9
-
-* Tue Jan 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Sep 16 2019 Andrea Manzi <amanzi@cern.ch> - 1.5.3-5
-- updated dependency name for python3-gfal2
-
-* Mon Aug 19 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.5.3-4
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.8
-
-* Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jul 23 2019 Andrea Manzi <amanzi@cern.ch> - 1.5.3-2
-- python3 version
 
+%changelog
 * Thu Jul 11 2019 Andrea Manzi <amanzi@cern.ch> - 1.5.3-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 65a815f..81b7965 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 5a48aa54c989f89e6519fd96f9bca33d43f3c94604fb7056076e9902fd18db14b5708222bbb50f4ddd648d0a214b15ad9a52b65bcee3d41686d4e8116e047670
+SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.5.3.tar.gz) = ac0f3ed4c3400818d2cb511d7ba498feb2e972c0af9f37a6878caf8dd972cfb5a259a6970e046d73662be4812fe5ccec27e0a5ab3718c2c7e1b2e971f4faef29