diff --git a/libwnck.changes b/libwnck.changes
index 1bf828c..8cc3e2e 100644
--- a/libwnck.changes
+++ b/libwnck.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 21 16:56:00 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- licenses package is about to die
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 14 19:49:23 CET 2011 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/libwnck.spec b/libwnck.spec
index 2a87f55..2f68dfb 100644
--- a/libwnck.spec
+++ b/libwnck.spec
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires:  intltool
-BuildRequires:  licenses
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 Recommends:     %{name}-lang
 Requires:       libwnck-1-22 = %{version}
-Requires:       licenses
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      libwnck-64bit
@@ -102,12 +100,6 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 %endif
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.*a
 %find_lang %{name}
-for FILE in COPYING ; do
-    MD5SUM=$(md5sum $FILE | sed 's/ .*//')
-    if test -f /usr/share/doc/licenses/md5/$MD5SUM ; then
-        ln -sf /usr/share/doc/licenses/md5/$MD5SUM $FILE
-    fi
-done
 %fdupes %{buildroot}
 
 %clean