diff --git a/perl-DBD-mysql.changes b/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
index 131a08e..73023f7 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
+++ b/perl-DBD-mysql.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:50 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 23 14:58:09 CEST 2010 - anicka@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/perl-DBD-mysql.spec b/perl-DBD-mysql.spec
index e536871..334e40c 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-mysql.spec
+++ b/perl-DBD-mysql.spec
@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/
 #Source:         http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/DBD-mysql-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1120
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Dumper)
 BuildRequires:  perl(DBI) >= 1.08
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 Requires:       perl(Data::Dumper)
 Requires:       perl(DBI) >= 1.08