diff --git a/libmetalink.changes b/libmetalink.changes
index eed39cc..ee6ca2b 100644
--- a/libmetalink.changes
+++ b/libmetalink.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 24 21:08:12 UTC 2011 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- remove dependency on licenses, no longer in Factory
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  8 21:07:05 UTC 2009 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libmetalink.spec b/libmetalink.spec
index d47f33e..7297fbd 100644
--- a/libmetalink.spec
+++ b/libmetalink.spec
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ BuildRequires: libexpat-devel
 BuildRequires: expat
 %endif
 BuildRequires:	autoconf automake libtool
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1030
-BuildRequires: licenses
-%endif
 
 %description
 Libmetalink is a Metalink library written in C language. It is intended to
@@ -32,9 +29,6 @@ Metalink XML files.
 %package -n libmetalink%{soname}
 Summary:			Metalink Library
 Group:         System/Libraries
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1030
-Requires:      licenses
-%endif
 
 %description -n libmetalink%{soname}
 Libmetalink is a Metalink library written in C language. It is intended to
@@ -79,9 +73,6 @@ Metalink XML files.
 %__rm -rf "%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc"
 %__rm "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"/*.la
 
-h=/usr/share/doc/licenses/md5/$(md5sum COPYING|cut -f1 -d" ")
-test -e "$h" && %__ln_s -f "$h" COPYING
-
 %post   -n libmetalink%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libmetalink%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig