diff --git a/rsyslog.changes b/rsyslog.changes
index 72ca4f0..fe11453 100644
--- a/rsyslog.changes
+++ b/rsyslog.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 19 08:48:59 UTC 2018 - rgerhards@adiscon.com
+
+- remove build dependency on libee
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  7 14:56:03 CET 2017 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rsyslog.spec b/rsyslog.spec
index 6b6150a..f25a39f 100644
--- a/rsyslog.spec
+++ b/rsyslog.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rsyslog
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -187,10 +187,8 @@ BuildRequires:  libnet-devel
 %if %{with mmnormalize}
 # mmnormalize support
 %if %{with pkgconfig}
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libee) >= 0.4.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(lognorm) >= 2.0.3
 %else
-BuildRequires:  libee-devel >= 0.4.0
 BuildRequires:  liblognorm-devel >= 2.0.3
 %endif
 %endif
@@ -201,12 +199,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libmaxminddb)
 # mmjsonparse needs liblognorm,
 # but json check is unconditional
 %if %{with pkgconfig}
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libee) >= 0.4.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libestr) >= 0.1.9
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libfastjson) >= 0.99.7
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(uuid) >= 2.21.0
 %else
-BuildRequires:  libee-devel >= 0.4.0
 BuildRequires:  libestr-devel
 BuildRequires:  libfastjson-devel >= 0.99.7
 BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel