diff --git a/opencv.changes b/opencv.changes
index f1a94b5..eb3acb8 100644
--- a/opencv.changes
+++ b/opencv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 30 09:20:06 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Remove dependency on IlmBase, opencv never uses this directly.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May  1 12:25:46 UTC 2021 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/opencv.spec b/opencv.spec
index b49279b..2b6e911 100644
--- a/opencv.spec
+++ b/opencv.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  openjpeg2
 BuildRequires:  tbb-devel
 BuildRequires:  unzip
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(IlmBase)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(OpenEXR)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glu)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gstreamer-plugins-base-1.0)