diff --git a/libblockdev.changes b/libblockdev.changes
index 6dbe1de..d1ef3f6 100644
--- a/libblockdev.changes
+++ b/libblockdev.changes
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
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-Sat Jan 20 02:12:02 UTC 2018 - luc14n0@linuxmail.org
-
-- Add missing libblockdev Provides tag so packages can only require
-  the versioned library when really needed.
-
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 Thu Jan 18 23:26:58 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libblockdev.spec b/libblockdev.spec
index e245234..457e339 100644
--- a/libblockdev.spec
+++ b/libblockdev.spec
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libparted) >= 3.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libudev) >= 216
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(mount) >= 2.23.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(nss) >= 3.18.0
-Provides:       %{name} = %{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # Needed for the escrow tests in tests/crypto_test.py, but not used to build
 # BuildRequires: volume_key