diff --git a/mapserver.spec b/mapserver.spec
index 3573722..0af9ebd 100644
--- a/mapserver.spec
+++ b/mapserver.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Requires:       php
 Requires:       postgresql
 Requires:       mysql
 Requires:       FastCGI
-Requires:       libexpat
+#Requires:       libexpat
 Requires:       python
 Requires:       apache2
 %if 0%{?suse_version} != 1010