diff --git a/libidn.changes b/libidn.changes
index d788177..7111b12 100644
--- a/libidn.changes
+++ b/libidn.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 19 12:22:05 UTC 2013 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- disable gpg-offline again to avoid build cycles
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 18 09:50:29 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libidn.spec b/libidn.spec
index d629284..6ae89f8 100644
--- a/libidn.spec
+++ b/libidn.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ Source0:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        baselibs.conf
 Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz.sig
 Source3:        libidn.keyring
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
+#can't be used without build cycles, so just check the signature in validator
+#BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 Requires(pre):  %install_info_prereq
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -114,7 +115,6 @@ XMPP are included. Punycode and ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) via
 IDNA is supported.
 
 %prep
-%gpg_verify %{SOURCE2}
 %setup -q
 
 %build