diff --git a/boinc-client.changes b/boinc-client.changes
index 3c564e4..1789c61 100644
--- a/boinc-client.changes
+++ b/boinc-client.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 18 13:09:19 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Reduce logrotate from Requires to Recommends.
+- Remove Requires: cron. This seems only for the server parts
+  (not in this package).
+- Remove systemd requires to allow for a minimal container setup.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 09 01:44:00 UTC 2014 - Led <ledest@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/boinc-client.spec b/boinc-client.spec
index 6eed872..6cc2027 100644
--- a/boinc-client.spec
+++ b/boinc-client.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package boinc-client
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # Copyright (c) 2011 by Sascha Manns <saigkill@opensuse.org>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -94,17 +94,15 @@ BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  wxWidgets-devel >= 2.8.0
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-libXmu-devel
-Requires:       cron
 ### FIXME:
 ## updating boinc-client or boinc-manager does not update libboinc6
 ## hence we define this dependency
 ## !! Do not remove this dependency !!
 Requires:       libboinc%{soname} = %{version}-%{release}
 Recommends:     boinc-client-lang = %{version}
-Requires:       logrotate
+Recommends:     logrotate
 Requires(pre):  pwdutils
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%{?systemd_requires}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
 BuildRequires:  libXScrnSaver-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXi-devel