diff --git a/grpc.changes b/grpc.changes
index 25ec4fc..3a44607 100644
--- a/grpc.changes
+++ b/grpc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 28 07:09:25 UTC 2023 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Remove unnecessary BuildRequires: zypper
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 19 03:28:40 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/grpc.spec b/grpc.spec
index 7f00dbb..0c328b1 100644
--- a/grpc.spec
+++ b/grpc.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  opencensus-proto-source
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  zypper
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcares) >= 1.13.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(openssl) >= 1.0.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(protobuf) >= 22