diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index d513a79..097e118 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov  2 10:32:53 UTC 2023 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.com>
+
+- Do not recommend nscd anymore. NIS is being phased out and modern
+  technologies like sssd are not compatible with it anyway.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 25 12:30:29 UTC 2023 - Ludwig Nussel <lnussel@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index e0860ad..6ce85e6 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ Recommends:     netcat-openbsd
 Recommends:     netcfg
 Recommends:     nfs-client
 Recommends:     nfsidmap
-Recommends:     nscd
 # Kernel 5.15+ has an improved R/W ntfs module.
 # Use ntfs-3g anyway because udisks has issues with mount option handling:
 # https://github.com/storaged-project/udisks/issues/932