diff --git a/aisleriot.changes b/aisleriot.changes
index 6220819..ab9bdd9 100644
--- a/aisleriot.changes
+++ b/aisleriot.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 14 00:45:41 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Drop openSUSE-release BuildRequires: as this package gets a daily
+  update to represent the build version, aisleriot is being rebuilt
+  for no reason everyday.
+- Hackup configure to fallback to 'opensuse' as release when no
+  /etc/os-release can be found.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 13 09:38:41 UTC 2014 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/aisleriot.spec b/aisleriot.spec
index c01e6a0..a6271b2 100644
--- a/aisleriot.spec
+++ b/aisleriot.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ BuildRequires:  guile-devel
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  lsb-release
 # Needed to get lsb data
-BuildRequires:  suse-release
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  yelp-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo)
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ This package provides extra themes for Aisleriot.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+# Hack up configure. This allows us not having to rely on openSUSE-release, which is a daily changing package
+sed -i 's:DISTRO="unknown":DISTRO="opensuse":' configure
 %configure \
     --disable-schemas-install \
     --disable-static \