diff --git a/xkeyboard-config.changes b/xkeyboard-config.changes
index 73f40a6..0e2d020 100644
--- a/xkeyboard-config.changes
+++ b/xkeyboard-config.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 14 12:03:10 UTC 2012 - seife+obs@b1-systems.com
+
+- don't require xorg-x11 - it's just a compat metapackage nowadays
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 12 07:55:53 UTC 2012 - vuntz@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/xkeyboard-config.spec b/xkeyboard-config.spec
index 7fccefe..5d9f6b2 100644
--- a/xkeyboard-config.spec
+++ b/xkeyboard-config.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ BuildRequires:  translation-update-upstream
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xorg-macros) >= 1.12
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/XKeyboardConfig
-Requires:       xorg-x11
 Provides:       XFree86:/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us
 Provides:       xorg-x11:/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/us
 PreReq:         /bin/ln /bin/rm