diff --git a/sane.spec b/sane.spec
index 6503097..dd01928 100644
--- a/sane.spec
+++ b/sane.spec
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Summary:        SANE - local and remote scanner access
 Provides:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:	saned = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:	sane-backends >= %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:	xinetd
+Requires(post,postun):	xinetd
 Requires(preun,post):	rpm-helper
 
 %description -n saned
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ perl -p -i -e 's/(\#.{500}).*$/$1 .../' %{buildroot}/lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane
 sed -i '/^%dir/d' sane-backends.lang
 
 %post -n saned
-%_post_service xinetd
+systemctl restart xinetd
 
 %pre -n saned
 # Add saned to group scanner, cdwriter and usb for scanner access.
@@ -411,10 +411,10 @@ sed -i '/^%dir/d' sane-backends.lang
 #%_pre_useradd saned /etc/sane.d /bin/false
 
 %preun -n saned
-%_preun_service xinetd
+systemctl restart xinetd
 
 %postun -n saned
-%_postun_userdel xinetd
+systemctl restart xinetd
 
 %pre backends
 %_pre_groupadd scanner