diff --git a/gegl.changes b/gegl.changes
index 1006275..c0e57b6 100644
--- a/gegl.changes
+++ b/gegl.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
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 Fri Nov  1 08:31:05 UTC 2019 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
-- Drop unneeded libtool BuildRequires, and add
-  pkgconfig(pygobject-3.0) BuildRequires: Build python-gobject
+- Drop unneeded libtool BuildRequires.
+- Drop optional cmake BuildRequires.
+- Add pkgconfig(pygobject-3.0) BuildRequires: Build python-gobject
   bindings support.
 
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diff --git a/gegl.spec b/gegl.spec
index 6f3ffa2..1da664a 100644
--- a/gegl.spec
+++ b/gegl.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ Patch:          gegl-0.4.18_allow_unknown_arch.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
-BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel >= 1.32.0
 BuildRequires:  gtk-doc