diff --git a/vlc.changes b/vlc.changes
index 03f4d8c..e052bca 100644
--- a/vlc.changes
+++ b/vlc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 21 13:08:45 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Drop fluidsynt-devel BuildRequires: the fluid plugin is known to
+  introduce a lot crashes at no gain from functionality PoV.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  7 18:52:22 UTC 2013 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 877682b..b87745b 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ BuildRequires:  alsa-devel
 BuildRequires:  avahi-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  flac-devel
-%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1200
-BuildRequires:  fluidsynth-devel
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel
 BuildRequires:  fribidi-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -621,9 +618,6 @@ rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libdvbsub_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libedummy_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libflac_plugin.so
-%if 0%{suse_version} >= 1200
-%{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libfluidsynth_plugin.so
-%endif
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libkate_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/liblpcm_plugin.so
 %{_libdir}/vlc/plugins/codec/libmpeg_audio_plugin.so