diff --git a/geis.changes b/geis.changes
index 3b31423..4102c77 100644
--- a/geis.changes
+++ b/geis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 17 12:13:46 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Remove pointless pkg-config require; it already exist through
+  by /usr/lib/rpm/pkgconfigdeps.sh.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 16 21:22:44 UTC 2016 - sor.alexei@meowr.ru
 
diff --git a/geis.spec b/geis.spec
index 979f3ad..518433c 100644
--- a/geis.spec
+++ b/geis.spec
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ This package provides the python3 bindings for GEIS.
 Summary:        Development files for the GEIS interface implementation
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{soname}%{sover} = %{version}
-Requires:       pkg-config
 
 %description devel
 GEIS is a library for applications and toolkit programmers which