diff --git a/xorg-x11-libs.changes b/xorg-x11-libs.changes
index 57be6ff..0b62104 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-libs.changes
+++ b/xorg-x11-libs.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
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 Mon Jan 29 11:28:16 UTC 2018 - sndirsch@suse.com
 
-- Directly require packages, which were required by xorg-x11-util-devel
-  meta package (bsc#1077489)
+- Directly require packages, which were required by
+  xorg-x11-util-devel meta package; provide/obsolete
+  xorg-x11-util-devel now (bsc#1077489)
 
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 Sat May  3 10:25:41 UTC 2014 - sndirsch@suse.com
diff --git a/xorg-x11-libs.spec b/xorg-x11-libs.spec
index 1c34cad..7de1e2e 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-libs.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-libs.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xorg-x11-libs
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 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
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/X11
 Provides:       XFree86-devel
 Provides:       xorg-x11-compat70-devel
 Provides:       xorg-x11-man
+Provides:       xorg-x11-util-devel
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-compat70-devel
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-man
+Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-util-devel
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      xorg-x11-devel-64bit
@@ -107,7 +109,6 @@ Requires:       xcb-util-0_3_6-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-fonts-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-libxcb-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-libxkbfile-devel
-Requires:       xorg-x11-util-devel
 Requires:       xorg-x11-xtrans-devel
 # Directly require packages, which were required by xorg-x11-util-devel
 # meta package (bsc#1077489)