diff --git a/firewalld.changes b/firewalld.changes
index ccc908d..00a1c2d 100644
--- a/firewalld.changes
+++ b/firewalld.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May  6 20:56:42 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Avoid runtime dependency on systemd, the macros can all deal with
+  its absence.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 29 08:27:12 UTC 2016 - mchandras@suse.de
 
diff --git a/firewalld.spec b/firewalld.spec
index e8a92f4..201a94a 100644
--- a/firewalld.spec
+++ b/firewalld.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ Requires(post): %fillup_prereq
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Suggests:       susefirewall2-to-firewalld
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%{?systemd_requires}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1210
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 %endif