diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index a2df933..7e186b7 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 30 14:49:41 UTC 2012 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
+
+- remove useless autmake dependency 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 10 14:28:34 UTC 2012 - tabraham@novell.com
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 791fd66..96e5f8a 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 Name:           cronie
 BuildRequires:  audit-devel
-BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ overloaded in settings.
 cp %{S:7} ./cron_to_cronie.README
 
 %build
-autoreconf -fiv
 # fill macro CRON_VERSION it is used in top three lines of crontab file,should be reworked
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DCRON_VERSION=\\\"%{version}\\\""
 export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now,-z,defs"