diff --git a/xlockmore.changes b/xlockmore.changes
index d197eba..1f2e7c3 100644
--- a/xlockmore.changes
+++ b/xlockmore.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 28 11:08:41 UTC 2017 - lnussel@suse.de
+
+- don't require pam-modules and unix2_chkpwd anymore. We use
+  pam_unix noways which transparently manages access to /etc/shadow
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  8 12:25:25 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/xlockmore.spec b/xlockmore.spec
index a2f1d07..f98610f 100644
--- a/xlockmore.spec
+++ b/xlockmore.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ BuildRequires:  libXpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXt-devel
 BuildRequires:  libdrm-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-Requires:       pam-modules
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 	--with-xpm\
 	--without-gtk\
 	--without-motif\
-	--with-passwd-helper=/sbin/unix2_chkpwd\
 	--disable-bomb\
 	--enable-vtlock\
 	--enable-use-mb\