diff --git a/FreeCAD.changes b/FreeCAD.changes
index 40ede9a..57b4381 100644
--- a/FreeCAD.changes
+++ b/FreeCAD.changes
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Tue Apr 10 11:33:35 UTC 2018 - adrian@suse.de
 - update to version 0.17
   2 years of work: https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Release_notes_0.17
 - switching to Qt5
-- enabled netgen FEM support
 
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 Thu Jan  4 15:36:57 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
diff --git a/FreeCAD.spec b/FreeCAD.spec
index 48f782e..a5d20fb 100644
--- a/FreeCAD.spec
+++ b/FreeCAD.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Patch2:         0001-find-openmpi2-include-files.patch
 BuildRequires:  Coin-devel
 #BuildRequires:  SoQt-devel
 BuildRequires:  libmed-devel
-BuildRequires:  netgen-devel
 # we use upstream OpenCASCADE instead of oce atm
 BuildRequires:  occt-devel
 BuildRequires:  vtk-devel
@@ -188,11 +187,6 @@ cmake \
   -DBUILD_MESH_PART:BOOL=ON \
   -DBUILD_OPENSCAD:BOOL=ON \
   -DBUILD_FEM:BOOL=ON \
-  -DNGLIB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/netgen/include/ \
-  -DNGLIB_LIBNGLIB=%_libdir/netgen/libnglib.so \
-  -DNGLIB_LIBINTERFACE=%_libdir/netgen/libinterface.so \
-  -DNGLIB_LIBMESH=%_libdir/netgen/libmesh.so \
-  -DNGLIB_LIBOCC=%_libdir/netgen/libocc.so \
   -DBUILD_FEM_NETGEN:BOOL=ON \
   -DFREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_SMESH=OFF \
   ..