diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer.changes b/perl-XML-Writer.changes
index f5e0e2e..54873df 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer.changes
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 30 19:21:01 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 17 20:06:42 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-XML-Writer.spec b/perl-XML-Writer.spec
index da2e72a..2e5cacc 100644
--- a/perl-XML-Writer.spec
+++ b/perl-XML-Writer.spec
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@ Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Writer/
 Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-%endif
 %if %{with pod}
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod) >= 1.00
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod::Coverage)
 %endif
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 
 %description
 XML::Writer is a helper module for Perl programs that write an XML