diff --git a/zsh.spec b/zsh.spec
index 31b9282..85ea144 100644
--- a/zsh.spec
+++ b/zsh.spec
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ mechanism, and more.
 This package contains the Zsh manual in html format.
 
 %prep
-
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-
+%autosetup -p1
 cp -p %SOURCE7 .
 
 %build
@@ -161,6 +156,7 @@ fi
 
 %changelog
 * Tue Dec 13 2016 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 5.3-1
+- apply patches automatically to ease maintenance
 - Update to latest upstream release: Zsh 5.3
 
 * Fri Feb 05 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 5.2-5