diff --git a/openldap2.changes b/openldap2.changes
index c3cc33e..3a4b50c 100644
--- a/openldap2.changes
+++ b/openldap2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  7 16:47:24 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Drop binutils requirement; the code using /usr/bin/strings has
+  been dropped in openSUSE:Factory/openldap2 revision 112.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 29 20:56:33 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/openldap2.spec b/openldap2.spec
index c99400a..7fcb6e6 100644
--- a/openldap2.spec
+++ b/openldap2.spec
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ Requires:       libldap-2_4-2 = %{version_main}
 Recommends:     cyrus-sasl
 Conflicts:      openldap
 PreReq:         %fillup_prereq /usr/sbin/useradd /usr/sbin/groupadd /usr/bin/grep
-# For /usr/bin/strings
-Requires(pre):  binutils
 
 %description
 OpenLDAP is a client and server reference implementation of the