diff --git a/rygel.changes b/rygel.changes
index 5425e72..d1402db 100644
--- a/rygel.changes
+++ b/rygel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 12 14:43:28 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Drop systemd BuildRequires: there is already pkgconfig(systemd)
+  present, which is sufficient.
+- Replace systemd_requires macro with systemd_ordering: systemd is
+  not strictly required for rygel to be usable, but if systemd and
+  rygel are installed as part of one transaction, we would like to
+  see systemd installed first.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 24 23:50:53 UTC 2019 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/rygel.spec b/rygel.spec
index 7536df9..45ca0d7 100644
--- a/rygel.spec
+++ b/rygel.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libunistring-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  suse-xsl-stylesheets
-BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  vala >= 0.36.0
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ Recommends:     gstreamer-plugins-good
 Recommends:     gstreamer-plugins-ugly
 # plugin-zdf-mediathek was removed in 0.31.1
 Obsoletes:      plugin-zdf-mediathek
-%{?systemd_requires}
+%{?systemd_ordering}
 
 %description
 Rygel is a home media server that allows sharing audio, video,