diff --git a/libid3tag.changes b/libid3tag.changes
index 1bbeb59..90052ac 100644
--- a/libid3tag.changes
+++ b/libid3tag.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 11 08:15:53 UTC 2017 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- dont BuildRequire zypper to avoid unecessary dependency chain.
+  Check for %suse_version instead.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 11 09:35:46 UTC 2017 - alarrosa@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libid3tag.spec b/libid3tag.spec
index 42e9901..3b07407 100644
--- a/libid3tag.spec
+++ b/libid3tag.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gperf
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
-BuildRequires:  zypper
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -48,8 +47,8 @@ the various versions of ID3v2.
 
 %package -n %{lname}
 Summary:        ID3 Tag Manipulation Library
-Group:          System/Libraries
 # O/P added for 12.3
+Group:          System/Libraries
 Obsoletes:      libid3tag < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       libid3tag = %{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -76,9 +75,9 @@ develop applications with libid3tag.
 %patch4
 %patch5
 %patch6
-if zypper vcmp $(rpm -q --qf "%%{version}" gperf) 3.1 | grep -v "is older"; then
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
 %patch7 -p1
-fi
+%endif
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fiv