diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-bdb.spec b/cyrus-sasl-bdb.spec
index a7db3d0..fa9cb97 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-bdb.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-bdb.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  krb5-mini-devel
 BuildRequires:  libsasl2-3
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
-BuildRequires:  opie
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 %ifarch ppc64
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-bdb.spec b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-bdb.spec
index 92f33dc..defd4f5 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-bdb.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd-bdb.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
-BuildRequires:  opie
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
index dc97e4f..34589be 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl-saslauthd.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
 BuildRequires:  openldap2-devel
-BuildRequires:  opie
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.changes b/cyrus-sasl.changes
index a152231..83e1664 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.changes
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 23 20:35:54 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop optional opie dependency 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  7 11:15:12 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/cyrus-sasl.spec b/cyrus-sasl.spec
index 649db04..4f35a15 100644
--- a/cyrus-sasl.spec
+++ b/cyrus-sasl.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
 BuildRequires:  krb5-mini-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
-BuildRequires:  opie
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 Conflicts:      cyrus-sasl-bdb