diff --git a/etckeeper.changes b/etckeeper.changes
index 675b349..6d68feb 100644
--- a/etckeeper.changes
+++ b/etckeeper.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 21 16:59:59 UTC 2013 - dvaleev@suse.com
+
+- don't require git to build
+- relax git version requirement 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug 10 10:33:54 CET 2013 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/etckeeper.spec b/etckeeper.spec
index b029fc5..d9414f1 100644
--- a/etckeeper.spec
+++ b/etckeeper.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ Group:              System/Management
 License:            GPL-2.0+
 BuildRoot:          %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
 BuildRequires:      make
-Requires:           git >= 1.6.1
-BuildRequires:      git >= 1.6.1
+Requires:           git
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:      libzypp
 %define HPM zypper