diff --git a/libssh.changes b/libssh.changes
index dcb358c..49318c5 100644
--- a/libssh.changes
+++ b/libssh.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  4 16:26:22 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not Require cmake from the devel package: there is no
+  requirement that consumers would be using cmake.
+- Own %{_libdir}/cmake to not leave traces when uninstalling the
+  package and being the only one left installing files to that
+  directory.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 13 07:42:23 UTC 2024 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libssh.spec b/libssh.spec
index e00b223..dac46cc 100644
--- a/libssh.spec
+++ b/libssh.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libssh
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ Configuration files for the SSH library.
 %package devel
 Summary:        SSH library development headers
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       cmake
 Requires:       libssh4 = %{version}
 
 %description devel
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ sed -i '/^Include/ s|/usr/etc/crypto-policies|/etc/crypto-policies|' %{buildroot
 %{_includedir}/libssh
 %{_libdir}/libssh.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libssh.pc
+%dir %{_libdir}/cmake
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake/libssh
 %{_libdir}/cmake/libssh/libssh-config.cmake
 %{_libdir}/cmake/libssh/libssh-config-relwithdebinfo.cmake