diff --git a/xtables-addons.changes b/xtables-addons.changes
index 8d5ee59..64f18f9 100644
--- a/xtables-addons.changes
+++ b/xtables-addons.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
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 Sat Aug 13 00:50:26 CEST 2011 - draht@suse.de
 
-- explicitly require kernel-default-devel and kernel-syms because of
-  possibly faulty %kernel_module_package_buildreqs
+- BuildRequires: iptables-devel
 
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 Sat Jun 25 09:25:25 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
diff --git a/xtables-addons.spec b/xtables-addons.spec
index 5c6b1ce..b527c87 100644
--- a/xtables-addons.spec
+++ b/xtables-addons.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Source3:        %name-preamble
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  %kernel_module_package_buildreqs
 BuildRequires:  iptables-devel >= 1.4.3 libmnl-devel >= 1
-BuildRequires:  kernel-default-devel kernel-syms
+BuildRequires:  iptables-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config >= 0.23 xz
 Recommends:     %name-kmp
 # Yes, we've got a lot of good stuff!