diff --git a/utempter.changes b/utempter.changes
index 10f87a6..3b3edcc 100644
--- a/utempter.changes
+++ b/utempter.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 21 07:17:10 UTC 2013 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- remove gpg offline checking to avoid buildloops. will be
+  done by source service.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun  5 11:23:54 UTC 2013 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/utempter.spec b/utempter.spec
index acdd69c..230afa3 100644
--- a/utempter.spec
+++ b/utempter.spec
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source3:        %name.keyring
 Patch0:         utempter.eal3.diff
 Patch1:         utempter-no-staticlib.patch
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
-%endif
+# will be checked by source service
+#BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
 
 #
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ Utempter is a privileged helper for utmp and wtmp updates.  This
 package contains the library used by applications.
 
 %prep
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
-%gpg_verify %{S:1}
-%endif
 %setup -q -n lib%name-%version
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1