diff --git a/ocaml-curses.changes b/ocaml-curses.changes
index 08da758..02461ea 100644
--- a/ocaml-curses.changes
+++ b/ocaml-curses.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 17 10:48:58 UTC 2017 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- Remove autodeps for pre openSUSE 12.1 releases
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 31 07:07:33 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
 
diff --git a/ocaml-curses.spec b/ocaml-curses.spec
index 89baff5..485aaa4 100644
--- a/ocaml-curses.spec
+++ b/ocaml-curses.spec
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ocaml-oasis
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-ocamldoc
 BuildRequires:  ocaml-rpm-macros >= 4.03
 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
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1210
-Requires:       ocaml-runtime
-%endif
-# ocaml autodep end for pkg: ocaml-curses
 
 %description
 OCaml bindings for ncurses.