diff --git a/alsa-utils.changes b/alsa-utils.changes
index 22b0985..73e6af1 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.changes
+++ b/alsa-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  6 17:19:02 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- drop unused requirement for python-docutils
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 16 15:35:57 CEST 2017 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index 4280737..3449bf9 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fftw3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsamplerate-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1200
-BuildRequires:  python-docutils
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  xmlto
 Requires:       alsa
 Requires:       dialog