diff --git a/alsa-utils.changes b/alsa-utils.changes
index f3c1f63..3c0cd25 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.changes
+++ b/alsa-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 22 11:24:10 UTC 2018 - Christian Boltz <suse-beta@cboltz.de>
+
+- remove "Obsoletes: bat <= 0.1.0" - it triggers uninstall of the unrelated
+  "bat" (cat clone) package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 17 11:33:25 CEST 2018 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index b2e7804..586a6c0 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ Sound Architecture.
 Summary:        Command-line sound tester for ALSA sound card driver
 Group:          Productivity/Multimedia/Sound/Utilities
 Requires:       alsa-utils = %{version}
-Obsoletes:      bat <= 1.1.0
 
 %description -n alsabat
 BAT (Basic Audio Tester) is a simple command-line utility intended