diff --git a/patterns-gnome.changes b/patterns-gnome.changes
index f85bdb2..ec471f5 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.changes
+++ b/patterns-gnome.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 24 16:16:05 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Di not require gnome-packagekit by gnome_x11: we have a specific
+  sw_management_gnome pattern, which supplements the generic
+  sw_management plus the basic gnome package, and that's where we
+  also should (and do) recommend gnome-packagekit.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 24 09:29:26 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/patterns-gnome.spec b/patterns-gnome.spec
index c34fda9..25c248b 100644
--- a/patterns-gnome.spec
+++ b/patterns-gnome.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package patterns-gnome
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ Recommends:     pattern() = gnome_utilities
 Recommends:     pattern() = imaging
 Recommends:     pattern() = multimedia
 %endif
-# These were not in the tumbleweed pattern
-Requires:       gnome-packagekit
 # #545263
 Requires:       seahorse
 Requires:       totem