diff --git a/librevenge.changes b/librevenge.changes
index 75fc44c..482f603 100644
--- a/librevenge.changes
+++ b/librevenge.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 15 07:54:39 UTC 2016 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Do not BuildRequire gdb: there is no need to be ordered behind
+  gdb in the build tree. Configure does check for the presence of
+  the gdb binary, but the detected value is not used in the entire
+  source tree.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 12 09:14:06 UTC 2016 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/librevenge.spec b/librevenge.spec
index 84375f7..dfd2d98 100644
--- a/librevenge.spec
+++ b/librevenge.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  gdb
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cppunit)