diff --git a/jdom2.changes b/jdom2.changes
index 1fb332a..32b0818 100644
--- a/jdom2.changes
+++ b/jdom2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct  1 12:07:53 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Remove unnecessary dependency on log4j
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 13 12:18:12 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/jdom2.spec b/jdom2.spec
index bed8b68..a696419 100644
--- a/jdom2.spec
+++ b/jdom2.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  isorelax
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  jaxen
-BuildRequires:  log4j
 BuildRequires:  xalan-j2
 BuildRequires:  xerces-j2
 BuildRequires:  xml-apis