diff --git a/buzztrax.changes b/buzztrax.changes
index a0a115b..d5197b7 100644
--- a/buzztrax.changes
+++ b/buzztrax.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  4 22:17:58 UTC 2018 - bjorn.lie@gmail.com
+
+- Drop pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires and the macro
+  gconf_schemas_requires: No longer needed, nor used.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 18 10:22:38 UTC 2018 - davejplater@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/buzztrax.spec b/buzztrax.spec
index ba5ec98..7060559 100644
--- a/buzztrax.spec
+++ b/buzztrax.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(alsa)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(clutter-gtk-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fluidsynth)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) >= 2.2.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gdk-x11-3.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0) >= %{glib_version}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= %{glib_version}
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ Requires:       gstreamer-1_0-plugins-buzztrax = %{version}
 #Provides:       appdata(buzztrax-edit.appdata.xml)
 Provides:       buzztard = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      buzztard < %{version}
-%{gconf_schemas_requires}
 
 %description
 buzztrax aims to be a music studio that allows one to compose