diff --git a/chrony.changes b/chrony.changes
index 41df90d..1cf3aa0 100644
--- a/chrony.changes
+++ b/chrony.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  7 09:53:22 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- drop buildrequires on NSS. We need gnutls for NTS anyway and we
+  can do all the other required crypto via nettle+gnutls. no need
+  for another crypto library.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  1 22:26:48 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/chrony.spec b/chrony.spec
index 7363df4..f97035e 100644
--- a/chrony.spec
+++ b/chrony.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gnutls-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
-BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pps-tools-devel
 # The timezone package is needed for the "make check" tests. It can be