diff --git a/gtk3.changes b/gtk3.changes
index 6395689..f5f0a12 100644
--- a/gtk3.changes
+++ b/gtk3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep  1 10:27:46 UTC 2022 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Drop pkgconfig(rest-0.7) BuildRequires: it seems to serve no
+  purpose, nor can I find anything to suggest that gtk depends on
+  it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 15 19:13:13 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/gtk3.spec b/gtk3.spec
index 529a36f..4acaf8c 100644
--- a/gtk3.spec
+++ b/gtk3.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(harfbuzz) >= 0.9
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pango) >= 1.41.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pangoft2)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(rest-0.7)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wayland-client) >= 1.14.91
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wayland-cursor) >= 1.14.91
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wayland-egl)