diff --git a/iputils.changes b/iputils.changes
index 4352df6..c242aa9 100644
--- a/iputils.changes
+++ b/iputils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  7 12:16:44 UTC 2020 - Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.com>
+
+- No longer invoke permissions macros for ping. It now uses ICMP_PROTO sockets
+  (bsc#1174504).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 24 07:06:40 UTC 2020 - Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/iputils.spec b/iputils.spec
index 9913166..19ad9de 100644
--- a/iputils.spec
+++ b/iputils.spec
@@ -114,11 +114,9 @@ ln -sf %{_bindir}/tracepath6    %{buildroot}/bin
 %post
 %service_add_post rdisc.service
 %set_permissions %{_bindir}/clockdiff
-%set_permissions %{_bindir}/ping
 
 %verifyscript
 %verify_permissions -e %{_bindir}/clockdiff
-%verify_permissions -e %{_bindir}/ping
 
 %preun
 %service_del_preun rdisc.service