diff --git a/python-control.changes b/python-control.changes
index 0217a99..0106ae0 100644
--- a/python-control.changes
+++ b/python-control.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 23 09:56:18 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- moved Pillow requirement to matplotlib package 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 20 17:48:34 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-control.spec b/python-control.spec
index f81ca88..58f0be4 100644
--- a/python-control.spec
+++ b/python-control.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ Requires:       python-scipy
 Recommends:     python-slycot
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # SECTION test requirements
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module matplotlib-qt5}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module matplotlib}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}