diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index 5fb2331..810b49e 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 24 09:54:12 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on gpg-offline (blocks rebuilds and
+  tarball integrity is checked by source-validator anyway)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 23 16:20:02 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on sgmltool: doesn't seem to be used
+  and reduces rebuild time on aarch64 by 8 hours
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov 23 04:39:31 UTC 2013 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 8e0efd6..d5f8882 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package iptables
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ Patch3:         iptables-batch.patch
 Patch4:         iptables-apply-mktemp-fix.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-BuildRequires:  sgmltool
-%endif
 %if 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version}
 BuildRequires:  sgml-common
 %endif
@@ -50,15 +47,12 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig >= 0.21
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
-%endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140 || 0%{?fedora_version}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnetfilter_conntrack) >= 1.0.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnfnetlink) >= 1.0.0
 %endif
-%if (0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110) || 0%{?fedora_version} || 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?redhat_version}
-BuildRequires:  libnetfilter_conntrack >= 1.0.4
+%if (0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110) || 0%{?centos_version} || 0%{?redhat_version}
+BuildRequires:  libnetfilter_conntrack-devel >= 1.0.4
 BuildRequires:  libnfnetlink-devel >= 1.0.0
 %endif
 Requires:       xtables-plugins = %version
@@ -143,7 +137,6 @@ Link your extension (iptables plugins) with $(pkg-config xtables
 xtables --variable=xtlibdir).
 
 %prep
-%{?gpg_verify: %gpg_verify %{S:2}}
 %setup -q
 %patch -P 3 -P 4 -p1