diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index 63a21df..80bc1ef 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 21 06:03:26 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- The presence of nftables does not mandate that iptables use
+  backend-nft [bsc#1206383].
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 10 11:43:57 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 60385b7..44b5ece 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnfnetlink) >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnftnl) >= 1.1.6
 Requires:       netcfg >= 11.6
 Requires:       xtables-plugins = %version-%release
-Requires:       (iptables-backend-nft if nftables)
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 Requires:       alts
 BuildRequires:  alts