diff --git a/gdal.changes b/gdal.changes
index 3110047..1a1e17e 100644
--- a/gdal.changes
+++ b/gdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  1 11:37:54 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Drop the php5 dependency. The php7 bindings are not ready and we
+  are removing php5
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 14 15:15:38 UTC 2017 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/gdal.spec b/gdal.spec
index 325fc87..cc30194 100644
--- a/gdal.spec
+++ b/gdal.spec
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ BuildRequires:  netcdf-devel
 BuildRequires:  opencl-headers
 BuildRequires:  openjpeg2-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-BuildRequires:  php5-devel
 BuildRequires:  poppler-devel
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-numpy-devel