diff --git a/curl.changes b/curl.changes
index 9eac37f..c96d2bd 100644
--- a/curl.changes
+++ b/curl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 26 07:29:40 UTC 2015 - vcizek@suse.com
+
+- drop a hack that made curl-config print only -lcurl (bsc#900419)
+  * --as-needed is used by default now
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 14 09:02:40 UTC 2015 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 8d4fac0..35e3cfd 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ export CPPFLAGS CFLAGS
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIE"
 export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pie"
 autoreconf -fi
-# local hack to make curl-config --libs stop printing libraries it depends on
-# (currently, libtool sets link_all_deplibs=(yes|unknown) everywhere,
-# will hopefully change in the future)
-sed -i 's/\(link_all_deplibs=\)unknown/\1no/' configure
 %configure \
 	--enable-ipv6 \
 %if %{with openssl}
@@ -133,8 +129,6 @@ sed -i 's/\(link_all_deplibs=\)unknown/\1no/' configure
 	--enable-threaded-resolver \
 	--with-libmetalink
 
-# if this fails, the above sed hack did not work
-./libtool --config | grep -q link_all_deplibs=no
 # enable-hidden-symbols needs gcc4 and causes that curl exports only its API
 make %{?_smp_mflags}