diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index 3d8d694..98e610b 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr 30 16:10:14 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on bind-devel (I don't see any usage of
+  bind in the source, and I see no such dependency in packaging
+  on other distros)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 28 07:57:30 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index a9cd7cd..a579757 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
-BuildRequires:  bind-devel
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  fonts-config