diff --git a/tin.spec b/tin.spec
index c667c40..101fd88 100644
--- a/tin.spec
+++ b/tin.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Install tin if you need a basic news reader.
 %{__sed} -i -e 's/@\$(INSTALL) -s/@\$(INSTALL)/g' src/Makefile
 
 %{__make} clean %{?_smp_mflags}
-%{__make} build %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -I%{_includedir}/pcre"
+%{__make} build %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 %{__make} install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Install tin if you need a basic news reader.
 * Tue Dec 24 2019 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm@greysector.net> - 2.4.4-1
 - updated to 2.4.4
 - enable SASL authentication support
+- drop pcre CFLAGS workaround
 
 * Sat Jul 27 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.2-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild