diff --git a/iptables.changes b/iptables.changes
index dfc69f9..810b49e 100644
--- a/iptables.changes
+++ b/iptables.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 24 09:54:12 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on gpg-offline (blocks rebuilds and
+  tarball integrity is checked by source-validator anyway)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 23 16:20:02 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index cc8e83a..d5f8882 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig >= 0.21
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 %endif
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
-%endif
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1140 || 0%{?fedora_version}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnetfilter_conntrack) >= 1.0.4
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnfnetlink) >= 1.0.0
@@ -140,7 +137,6 @@ Link your extension (iptables plugins) with $(pkg-config xtables
 xtables --variable=xtlibdir).
 
 %prep
-%{?gpg_verify: %gpg_verify %{S:2}}
 %setup -q
 %patch -P 3 -P 4 -p1