diff --git a/xlockmore-no-copy-dt-needed-entries.patch b/xlockmore-no-copy-dt-needed-entries.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c26a41..0000000
--- a/xlockmore-no-copy-dt-needed-entries.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Index: xlockmore-5.34/configure.in
-===================================================================
---- xlockmore-5.34.orig/configure.in
-+++ xlockmore-5.34/configure.in
-@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ main ()
-   rm -f conf.gtktest
- ])
- 
-+dnl audio file for --no-copy-dt-needed-entries
-+XLOCKLIBS="-laudiofile"
-+
- dnl X Window System files.
- AC_PATH_XTRA
- if test "$no_x" = yes; then
diff --git a/xlockmore.changes b/xlockmore.changes
index 23ada9e..d197eba 100644
--- a/xlockmore.changes
+++ b/xlockmore.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  8 12:25:25 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Drop esound-devel BuildRequires: the distro moved away from
+  esound some years ago.
+- Drop xlockmore-no-copy-dt-needed-entries.patch: as esd is no
+  longer being built, we also don't need to link it anymore.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 10 17:12:23 UTC 2015 - vcizek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xlockmore.spec b/xlockmore.spec
index f236d29..a2f1d07 100644
--- a/xlockmore.spec
+++ b/xlockmore.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xlockmore
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ Patch1:         %{name}-bitmaps.patch
 Patch3:         xlockmore-ttf_dir.patch
 # end of X.org related patches
 Patch7:         xlockmore-strict-aliasing.patch
-# feel free to improve it and please upstream it
-Patch8:         xlockmore-no-copy-dt-needed-entries.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM xlockmore-extend-freetype-include-search.patch -- search only for freetype.h, not the half path. Also,
 # extended list of directories where could freetype be found
 Patch9:         xlockmore-extend-freetype-include-search.patch
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ Patch10:        xlockmore-nose_mode_crash.patch
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick-devel
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  bc
-BuildRequires:  esound-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  freeglut-devel
 BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ chmod -x README docs/Revisions
 %patch1
 %patch3
 %patch7
-%patch8 -p1
 %patch9 -p1
 %patch10 -p1