diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3504ed..b3b3fb2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /LFPy-2.1.2.tar.gz
 /LFPy-2.2.1.tar.gz
 /LFPy-2.2.2.tar.gz
+/LFPy-2.2.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-lfpy.spec b/python-lfpy.spec
index e2034e1..74d241a 100644
--- a/python-lfpy.spec
+++ b/python-lfpy.spec
@@ -24,22 +24,25 @@ ExcludeArch:    mips64r2 mips32r2 s390
 ExcludeArch:    %{power64} %{ix86} armv7hl
 
 
-BuildRequires:  gcc
-BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires:  readline-devel
-BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist cython}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist h5py}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist lfpykit}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist meautility}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist neuron}
+BuildRequires:  python3-wheel
+BuildRequires:  python3-pip
+
+# Automatic dep generator doesn't like the mod files mentioned in the setup.py file, and tries to parse them as deps:
+# error: Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric, '_' or '/': "./expsyni.mod" "./sinsyn.mod"
+# Should maybe reported as a pyproject rpm macro bug?
+# So we install these manually
+
+BuildRequires:  python3-Cython
+BuildRequires:  python3-numpy
+BuildRequires:  python3-scipy
+BuildRequires:  python3-lfpykit >= 0.4
+BuildRequires:  python3-h5py
+BuildRequires:  python3-neuron
 BuildRequires:  neuron-devel
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pytest}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist numpy}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist scipy}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 
+# not included in setup.py
 BuildRequires:  python3-mpi4py-openmpi
 BuildRequires:  python3-neuron-openmpi
 BuildRequires:  python3-mpi4py-mpich
@@ -55,22 +58,16 @@ BuildRequires:  rpm-mpi-hooks
 %package -n     python3-lfpy
 Summary:        %{summary}
 
-%description -n python3-lfpy
-%{desc}
-
-%py_provides python3-lfpy
-
-Requires:   %{py3_dist h5py}
-Requires:   %{py3_dist numpy}
-Requires:   %{py3_dist scipy}
-Requires:   %{py3_dist neuron}
 Requires:   python3-mpi4py-openmpi
 Requires:   python3-mpi4py-mpich
+Requires:   neuron-devel
+
+
+%description -n python3-lfpy
+%{desc}
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n LFPy-%{version}
-# Remove bundled egg-info
-rm -rf LFPy.egg-info
 
 # Remove mpi4py from requirements
 sed -i '/mpi4py/ d' setup.py
@@ -82,10 +79,17 @@ for lib in $(find . -type f -name "*.py"); do
 done
 
 %build
-%py3_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
-%py3_install
+%pyproject_install
+
+# Remove unneeded test files: they include objects and libraries generated from neuron.
+#rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/
+# Remove associated debuginfo files
+#rm -rf %{buildroot}/usr/lib/debug/%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/
+
+%pyproject_save_files LFPy
 
 
 %check
@@ -99,17 +103,12 @@ done
 %{_openmpi_unload}
 
 
-# Remove unneeded test files: they include objects and libraries generated from neuron.
-rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/
-# Remove associated debuginfo files
-rm -rf %{buildroot}/usr/lib/debug/%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/
-
 
-%files -n python3-lfpy
-%license LICENSE
+%files -n python3-lfpy -f %{pyproject_files}
 %doc README.md
-%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy
-%{python3_sitearch}/LFPy-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+# temporary files generated for test
+%exclude %{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/x86_64
+%exclude %{python3_sitearch}/LFPy/test/
 
 %changelog
 %autochangelog
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4325e25..c23b4c6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (LFPy-2.2.2.tar.gz) = bbf234d404d55136992ae605897ade5f145b55c814510f6b8cb035b553486ec54d6929051d9876b80f17c93884c9890248077dd2cbb8d866442265ed678e7e2f
+SHA512 (LFPy-2.2.4.tar.gz) = 368e78ccbf31adbfee205958786f69c77dc0e972b6ff437a8ba294597c032783087224e662ddb51a4ea1e49c2c31612e90e6c007393c4c2cda5a9aa25d128041