diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 6791af6..82bbaeb 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 %define cron_configs \{/etc/init.d/cron,/etc/pam.d/crond,/etc/crontab,/etc/cron.deny,/etc/omc/srvinfo.d/cron.xml\}
 
 Name:           cronie
-BuildRequires:  audit-devel libselinux-devel pam-devel xz udev syslogd
+BuildRequires:  audit-devel libselinux-devel pam-devel xz
 Url:            https://fedorahosted.org/cronie/
 License:        MIT and BSD and GPLv2
 Group:          System/Daemons