diff --git a/atheme.spec b/atheme.spec
index 67cb0ac..2bc2175 100644
--- a/atheme.spec
+++ b/atheme.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ License: BSD
 Group: Productivity/Networking/IRC
 #
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{pkg_name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires: postgresql-devel openssl-devel pkgconfig
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel pkgconfig
 %define atheme_home /var/lib/atheme
 %define atheme_log  /var/log/atheme
 %define atheme_run  /var/run/atheme