diff --git a/xmlunit.changes b/xmlunit.changes
index c06a416..174e0b9 100644
--- a/xmlunit.changes
+++ b/xmlunit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  4 19:24:29 UTC 2014 - p.drouand@gmail.com
+
+- Remove java-devel dependency; not needed anymore
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 11 10:23:19 UTC 2014 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xmlunit.spec b/xmlunit.spec
index bcd424e..8beb75c 100644
--- a/xmlunit.spec
+++ b/xmlunit.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source0:        http://download.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-src.z
 Source1:        http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/%{name}/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.pom
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  ant-junit
-BuildRequires:  java-devel
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  junit
 BuildRequires:  unzip