diff --git a/gnome-software.changes b/gnome-software.changes
index 59bb01f..02647a8 100644
--- a/gnome-software.changes
+++ b/gnome-software.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Wed Oct 12 09:30:30 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
 
 - Add pkgconfig(flatpak) BuildRequires and pass --enable-flatpak to
   configure now that we have flatpak in openSUSE.
+- Drop pkgconfig(xdg-app) BuildRequires: No longer needed as
+  flatpak is now in place.
 
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 Wed Oct 12 08:30:30 UTC 2016 - zaitor@opensuse.org
diff --git a/gnome-software.spec b/gnome-software.spec
index 4392555..c6339c9 100644
--- a/gnome-software.spec
+++ b/gnome-software.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(packagekit-glib2) >= 1.1.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(polkit-gobject-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(rpm)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xdg-app) >= 0.4.14
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       iso-codes
 Requires:       libzypp-plugin-appdata