diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 561d27e..37b28db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 autobox-2.55.tar.gz
+/autobox-2.71.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-autobox.spec b/perl-autobox.spec
index ad6db32..a9dd470 100644
--- a/perl-autobox.spec
+++ b/perl-autobox.spec
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 Name:           perl-autobox
-Version:        2.55
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Version:        2.71
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Call methods on native types
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/autobox/
 Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/C/CH/CHOCOLATE/autobox-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
-BuildRequires:  perl(Scope::Guard) >= 0.03
+BuildRequires:  perl(Scope::Guard) >= 0.20
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod)
 Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ chmod +x %{__perl_requires}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
@@ -50,9 +47,6 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
 %check
 make test
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc Changes README
@@ -61,6 +55,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 17 2010 Iain Arnell <iarnell@gmail.com> 2.71-1
+- update to latest upstream version
+- clean up spec for modern rpmbuild
+
 * Wed Dec 15 2010 Marcela Maslanova <mmaslano@redhat.com> - 2.55-6
 - 661697 rebuild for fixing problems with vendorach/lib
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f9c7e50..b6045c5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d2813439a0da9b048cc1793af05b2144  autobox-2.55.tar.gz
+559aa842c67ea65fd0c52e9abe68839f  autobox-2.71.tar.gz