diff --git a/cgit.changes b/cgit.changes
index 18072e4..370cc7a 100644
--- a/cgit.changes
+++ b/cgit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  5 16:20:44 UTC 2017 - vcizek@suse.com
+
+- remove redundant gnu-crypto BuildRequires
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 13 22:29:05 UTC 2016 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/cgit.spec b/cgit.spec
index 33ce145..02fff43 100644
--- a/cgit.spec
+++ b/cgit.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Source4:        %name.keyring
 Source9:        cgitrc
 Patch0:         cgit-optflags.diff
 # Requirements for cgit
-BuildRequires:  gnu-crypto
 BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libzip-devel
 # Requirements for cgitrc man page generation