diff --git a/armadillo.changes b/armadillo.changes
index 7dfd171..f5d141b 100644
--- a/armadillo.changes
+++ b/armadillo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 30 14:34:07 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Drop ATLAS support, for libatlas itself is too much work and
+  is getting dropped.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  3 03:07:50 UTC 2016 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/armadillo.spec b/armadillo.spec
index db4a499..03ea290 100644
--- a/armadillo.spec
+++ b/armadillo.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ BuildRequires:  blas-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
-BuildRequires:  libatlas3-devel
 BuildRequires:  superlu-devel >= 4.3
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ Requires:       %{soname} = %{version}
 Requires:       arpack-ng-devel
 Requires:       blas-devel
 Requires:       lapack-devel
-Requires:       libatlas3-devel
 Requires:       libstdc++-devel
 Requires:       superlu-devel >= 4.3
 Recommends:     %{name}-doc