diff --git a/kexec-bootloader b/kexec-bootloader
index 350eb15..595ad33 100644
--- a/kexec-bootloader
+++ b/kexec-bootloader
@@ -189,12 +189,6 @@ if ($initrd && ! -f $initrd) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-# Do we have kexec?
-if (system("which kexec &>/dev/null") != 0) {
-    print STDERR "kexec not available. Install kexec-tools.\n";
-    exit(1);
-}
-
 # build the command list
 my $cmd = "kexec";
 
diff --git a/kexec-tools.changes b/kexec-tools.changes
index 56441d8..c94debf 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.changes
+++ b/kexec-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  5 09:36:21 UTC 2020 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- Make kexec-bootloader work without 'which' package (boo#1172501)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  3 12:11:16 UTC 2020 - Petr Tesařík <ptesarik@suse.com>