diff --git a/installation-images-SLES.spec b/installation-images-SLES.spec
index 6a21d3b..b5654c2 100644
--- a/installation-images-SLES.spec
+++ b/installation-images-SLES.spec
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ BuildRequires:  mdadm
 BuildRequires:  mingetty
 BuildRequires:  mkfontdir
 BuildRequires:  mkfontscale
-BuildRequires:  mkinitrd
 BuildRequires:  mtools
 BuildRequires:  multipath-tools
 BuildRequires:  nasm
diff --git a/installation-images-openSUSE.spec b/installation-images-openSUSE.spec
index a894bde..c563a0e 100644
--- a/installation-images-openSUSE.spec
+++ b/installation-images-openSUSE.spec
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ BuildRequires:  mdadm
 BuildRequires:  mingetty
 BuildRequires:  mkfontdir
 BuildRequires:  mkfontscale
-BuildRequires:  mkinitrd
 BuildRequires:  mtools
 BuildRequires:  multipath-tools
 BuildRequires:  nasm