diff --git a/ffmpeg-4.changes b/ffmpeg-4.changes
index 44e5520..62cdf1e 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-4.changes
+++ b/ffmpeg-4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 24 11:22:02 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- remove dependency on OpenJPEG, this is obsolete since ffmpeg 4.0,
+  we already build against OpenJPEG 2.1.
+  see changes: 
+    - Dropped support for OpenJPEG versions 2.0 and below. Using OpenJPEG now
+      requires 2.1 (or later) and pkg-config.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 27 15:03:17 UTC 2020 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
diff --git a/ffmpeg-4.spec b/ffmpeg-4.spec
index 5461a16..9a5b91f 100644
--- a/ffmpeg-4.spec
+++ b/ffmpeg-4.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ffmpeg-4
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libdc1394-2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libdrm)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgme)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libopenjp2) >= 2.1.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libopenjpeg)
 %if %{with openmpt}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libopenmpt)
 %endif