diff --git a/kactivities5.changes b/kactivities5.changes
index 50617dd..9f6465c 100644
--- a/kactivities5.changes
+++ b/kactivities5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 15 18:52:18 UTC 2017 - wbauer@tmo.at
+
+- Drop unnecessary cmake(KF5KIO) build requirement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 15 13:53:15 CEST 2017 - fabian@ritter-vogt.de
 
diff --git a/kactivities5.spec b/kactivities5.spec
index c775b1e..e23aad3 100644
--- a/kactivities5.spec
+++ b/kactivities5.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ BuildRequires:  kf5-filesystem
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  cmake(KF5Config) >= %{_tar_path}
 BuildRequires:  cmake(KF5CoreAddons) >= %{_tar_path}
-BuildRequires:  cmake(KF5KIO) >= %{_tar_path}
 BuildRequires:  cmake(KF5WindowSystem) >= %{_tar_path}
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5Core) >= 5.6.0
 BuildRequires:  cmake(Qt5DBus) >= 5.6.0