diff --git a/flatpak.changes b/flatpak.changes
index 489fd68..0ec731c 100644
--- a/flatpak.changes
+++ b/flatpak.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb 13 21:10:28 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop apparently unused libdwarf buildrequires
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 11 20:20:05 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/flatpak.spec b/flatpak.spec
index 69a8cee..3bf61cc 100644
--- a/flatpak.spec
+++ b/flatpak.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc
 BuildRequires:  intltool >= 0.35.0
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
-BuildRequires:  libdwarf-devel
 BuildRequires:  libgpg-error-devel
 BuildRequires:  libgpgme-devel >= 1.1.8
 BuildRequires:  libtool