diff --git a/python-kombu.changes b/python-kombu.changes
index ba01bce..b5a1630 100644
--- a/python-kombu.changes
+++ b/python-kombu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 20 19:05:23 UTC 2019 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop unnecessary zstandard dependency to fix build on older distros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 13 12:23:22 UTC 2019 - Matthias Fehring <buschmann23@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-kombu.spec b/python-kombu.spec
index d87493b..6e4b67f 100644
--- a/python-kombu.spec
+++ b/python-kombu.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module redis >= 3.3.11}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 20.6.7}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module zstandard}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-amqp >= 2.5.2