diff --git a/perl-Unix-Syslog.changes b/perl-Unix-Syslog.changes
index 88f849d..a38f1ec 100644
--- a/perl-Unix-Syslog.changes
+++ b/perl-Unix-Syslog.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:35:57 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 16 14:50:45 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Unix-Syslog.spec b/perl-Unix-Syslog.spec
index 7989372..bda474f 100644
--- a/perl-Unix-Syslog.spec
+++ b/perl-Unix-Syslog.spec
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Unix-Syslog/
 Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-%endif
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 
 %description
 This module provides an interface to the system logger syslogd(8) via