diff --git a/fflas-ffpack.changes b/fflas-ffpack.changes
index a6777f4..1ce5c84 100644
--- a/fflas-ffpack.changes
+++ b/fflas-ffpack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 29 17:49:09 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Remove unneeded xz BuildRequire
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Nov  1 00:05:57 UTC 2014 - avvissu@yandex.ru
 
diff --git a/fflas-ffpack.spec b/fflas-ffpack.spec
index e8ca2ed..c53e34e 100644
--- a/fflas-ffpack.spec
+++ b/fflas-ffpack.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ BuildRequires:  givaro-devel
 BuildRequires:  gmp-devel >= 3.1.1
 BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
 BuildRequires:  libatlas3-devel
-BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description