diff --git a/inst-source-utils.changes b/inst-source-utils.changes
index 6f85bb8..997afbc 100644
--- a/inst-source-utils.changes
+++ b/inst-source-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 28 13:26:40 CEST 2017 - ro@suse.de
+
+- drop requires for recode 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 26 12:07:52 CEST 2016 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/inst-source-utils.spec b/inst-source-utils.spec
index 6ed562f..03c9b29 100644
--- a/inst-source-utils.spec
+++ b/inst-source-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package inst-source-utils
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Release:        0
 Url:            http://en.opensuse.org/Inst-source-utils
 BuildArch:      noarch
 Requires:       gpg2
-Requires:       recode
 Obsoletes:      autoyast2-utils <= 2.14.10
 Provides:       autoyast2-utils = 2.14.10
 Recommends:     create-repo-utils