diff --git a/vmaf.changes b/vmaf.changes
index b94acf3..ddb15c7 100644
--- a/vmaf.changes
+++ b/vmaf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov  9 10:26:11 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Drop recommends on vmaf-data, the package is gone since vmaf 2.x.
+  [boo#1189023]
+
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 Mon Apr 11 19:21:40 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/vmaf.spec b/vmaf.spec
index e186424..b965780 100644
--- a/vmaf.spec
+++ b/vmaf.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ VMAF is a perceptual video quality assessment algorithm.
 %package -n %lname
 Summary:        Perceptual video quality assessment algorithm
 Group:          System/Libraries
-Recommends:     %name-data
 
 %description -n %lname
 VMAF is a perceptual video quality assessment algorithm.