diff --git a/alienblaster.spec b/alienblaster.spec
index 289fdf6..e64df63 100644
--- a/alienblaster.spec
+++ b/alienblaster.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           alienblaster
 Version:        1.1.0
-Release:        10%{?dist}
+Release:        11%{?dist}
 Summary:        Action-loaded 2D arcade shooter game
 Group:          Amusements/Games
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Source4:        %{name}-32x32.png
 Source5:        %{name}-48x48.png
 Patch0:         alienblaster-1.1.0-64bit.patch
 Patch1:         alienblaster-1.1.0-fullscreen.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  SDL_mixer-devel desktop-file-utils
 Requires:       hicolor-icon-theme
 
@@ -22,19 +21,15 @@ Alien Blaster is an action-loaded 2D arcade shooter game. Your mission in the
 game is simple: stop the invasion of the aliens by blasting them. 
 Simultaneous two-player mode is available.
 
-
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}
 %patch0 -p1 -z .64bit
 %patch1 -p1 -z .fs
 
-
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} OPTIMIZATION="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 
-
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # no make install, DIY
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}
@@ -44,9 +39,7 @@ cp -a images sound cfg $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 # below is the desktop file and icon stuff.
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
-desktop-file-install --vendor fedora            \
-  --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
-  %{SOURCE2}
+desktop-file-install --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE2}
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
@@ -57,11 +50,6 @@ install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE4} \
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE5} \
   $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/%{name}.png
 
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
 %post
 touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
 if [ -x %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
@@ -74,17 +62,19 @@ if [ -x %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
    %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache --quiet %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
 fi
 
-
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc LICENSE CHANGELOG AUTHORS
 %{_bindir}/%{name}*
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
-%{_datadir}/applications/fedora-%{name}.desktop
+%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/%{name}.png
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Feb 09 2013 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.0-11
+- remove vendor tag from desktop file. https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/247
+- clean up spec to follow current guidelines
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.0-10
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild