diff --git a/ImageMagick.changes b/ImageMagick.changes
index f57d7f5..b45a8a3 100644
--- a/ImageMagick.changes
+++ b/ImageMagick.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)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar  3 13:34:39 UTC 2014 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ImageMagick.spec b/ImageMagick.spec
index 0aa18f7..b8ab625 100644
--- a/ImageMagick.spec
+++ b/ImageMagick.spec
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  ghostscript-fonts-other
 BuildRequires:  ghostscript-fonts-std
 BuildRequires:  ghostscript-library
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1230
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libdjvulibre-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexif-devel
@@ -230,7 +227,6 @@ support multiple generations of an image in memory at one time.
 HTML documentation for ImageMagick library and scene examples.
 
 %prep
-%{?gpg_verify: %gpg_verify %{S:3}}
 %setup -n ImageMagick-%{source_version}
 %patch0
 %patch1