diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index 7e5c450..1a11587 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul  7 14:14:15 UTC 2022 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Downgrade mailx to Suggests, most users don't even know what it is
+  and this avoids pulling in smtp_daemon.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul  5 12:04:59 UTC 2022 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 07a4283..7327bb1 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ Recommends:     krb5
 Recommends:     less
 Recommends:     logrotate
 Recommends:     lsscsi
-Recommends:     mailx
 # man by default (#304687)
 Recommends:     man
 # needed for detecting software raid - required by yast2-storage too
@@ -507,6 +506,7 @@ Suggests:       groff
 Suggests:       hfsutils
 # bnc#388570
 Suggests:       kerneloops
+Suggests:       mailx
 Suggests:       man-pages
 Suggests:       man-pages-posix
 Suggests:       ocfs2-tools