diff --git a/gegl.changes b/gegl.changes
index 0f3b8a0..256a813 100644
--- a/gegl.changes
+++ b/gegl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep  9 08:35:54 UTC 2019 - mvetter@suse.com
+
+- bsc#1144344: Remove JPEG2000 support due to planned removal of
+  jasper, drop pkgconfig(jasper) BuildRequires.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug  4 16:56:39 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/gegl.spec b/gegl.spec
index 47eca35..40d418f 100644
--- a/gegl.spec
+++ b/gegl.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.44.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmodule-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(jasper) >= 1.900.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lcms2) >= 2.8
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libavcodec)