diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.changes b/apache-commons-codec.changes
index f8cb14e..0600de7 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 25 17:23:20 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Remove pom parent, since we don't use it when not building with
+  maven
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 15 15:39:31 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 9cac11c..d8f50d5 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ Source100:      aspell-mail.txt
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Avoid spurious timeout in BeiderMorse tests
 Patch0:         timeout.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-parent
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
-Requires:       apache-commons-parent
 Requires:       java >= 1.8
 Provides:       jakarta-%{short_name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      jakarta-%{short_name} < %{version}
@@ -79,6 +77,8 @@ cp %{SOURCE100} aspell-mail.txt
 #fixes eof encoding
 dos2unix RELEASE-NOTES*.txt LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 
+%pom_remove_parent .
+
 %build
 mkdir -p lib
 %if %{with tests}