diff --git a/gparted.changes b/gparted.changes
index cbc31e1..b6d26f4 100644
--- a/gparted.changes
+++ b/gparted.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 29 07:26:06 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Drop xdg-utils Requires: it's been since 2013 that we relied on
+  pkexec to gain root permissions (using GKSUPROG=pkexec).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 27 06:33:56 UTC 2024 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/gparted.spec b/gparted.spec
index 0d9e660..e178d82 100644
--- a/gparted.spec
+++ b/gparted.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Requires:       mtools
 Requires:       parted
 Requires:       polkit
 Requires:       util-linux
-Requires:       xdg-utils
 Recommends:     btrfsprogs >= 4.1
 Recommends:     cryptsetup
 Recommends:     e2fsprogs