diff --git a/grpc.changes b/grpc.changes
index 29b7242..1853dcd 100644
--- a/grpc.changes
+++ b/grpc.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
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-Thu Apr 20 18:31:55 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
-
-- grpc++.pc: force-add -lgrpc [boo#1210695]
-
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 Fri Apr 14 11:07:33 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/grpc.spec b/grpc.spec
index 5ae8644..bcaccce 100644
--- a/grpc.spec
+++ b/grpc.spec
@@ -166,10 +166,6 @@ rm -fr third_party/abseil-cpp/*
 mkdir -p "%buildroot/%src_install_dir"
 cp -r * "%buildroot/%src_install_dir"
 
-# bugzilla.suse.com/1210695
-# grpc++ headers' inline functions can use functions from the C library, so must be present in .pc
-perl -i -lpe 's{-lgrpc\+\+}{-lgrpc++ -lgrpc}' "%buildroot/%_libdir/pkgconfig/grpc++.pc"
-
 %fdupes %buildroot/%_prefix
 
 # Checks cannot be run because of `make clean` above