diff --git a/ocaml-curses.spec b/ocaml-curses.spec
index 4b9d5ea..970c1c2 100644
--- a/ocaml-curses.spec
+++ b/ocaml-curses.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  ocaml >= 4.00.1
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-rpm-macros >= 4.02.1
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-findlib-devel >= 1.3.3-3
-BuildRequires:  ocaml(ocaml.opt)
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 # ocaml autodep start for pkg: ocaml-curses
 # hardcoded rpm dependency for pre 12.1 to compensate for lack of ocaml() provides/requires
@@ -50,11 +49,6 @@ OCaml bindings for ncurses.
 Summary:        Development files for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Other
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-# On aarch64, it is reported that ncurses-devel is not pulled in
-# implicitly by ocaml (as is the case on x86-64 for some reason).  In
-# any case, it is likely that people installing ocaml-curses-devel
-# will desire ncurses-devel, hence:
-Requires:       ncurses-devel
 
 %description    devel
 The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and signature files for
@@ -63,10 +57,9 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-autoreconf
-
 
 %build
+autoreconf
 # Parallel builds don't work (with bytecode)
 %configure --enable-widec
 make all
@@ -101,8 +94,8 @@ ocamlfind install $OCAMLFILES
 %doc COPYING
 %dir %{_libdir}/ocaml
 %dir %{_libdir}/ocaml/*
-%{_libdir}/ocaml/*/*.a
 %if %{ocaml_native_compiler}
+%{_libdir}/ocaml/*/*.a
 %{_libdir}/ocaml/*/*.cmx
 %{_libdir}/ocaml/*/*.cmxa
 %endif