diff --git a/gzdoom.changes b/gzdoom.changes
index 51fc2e1..d4f06b3 100644
--- a/gzdoom.changes
+++ b/gzdoom.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 15 23:25:49 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Drop Recommends for music backends 
+  (this has moved to zmusic.spec)
+- Demote Recommends to Suggests
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 17 14:33:30 UTC 2020 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gzdoom.spec b/gzdoom.spec
index a23cdd8..1cf915d 100644
--- a/gzdoom.spec
+++ b/gzdoom.spec
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vulkan) >= 1.1.77
 Provides:       bundled(glslang) = 8.13.3559
 Provides:       bundled(vulkan) = 1.1.114
 %endif
-Recommends:     freedoom
-Recommends:     timidity
-Recommends:     timidity-eawpats
+Suggests:       freedoom
 Provides:       qzdoom = 1.3.0
 Provides:       zdoom = 2.8.1
 # DUMB is modified to read OggVorbis samples