diff --git a/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.12.3.ebuild b/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.12.3.ebuild
index d455e749b40f3..30879bc88d80d 100644
--- a/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.12.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/logrotate/logrotate-3.12.3.ebuild
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ PATCHES=(
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
-	default
-	sed -i -e 's#/usr/sbin/logrotate#/usr/bin/logrotate#' "${S}"/examples/logrotate.cron || die
+	sed -i -e 's#/usr/sbin/logrotate#/usr/bin/logrotate#' "${S}"/examples/logrotate.{cron,service} || die
+	eapply_user
 }
 
 src_configure() {
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	econf $(use_with acl) $(use_with selinux) ${compressconf}
 }
 
-src_compile() {
-	emake RPM_OPT_FLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
-}
-
 src_test() {
 	emake test
 }