diff --git a/python-celery.spec b/python-celery.spec
index 97ea682..f03e421 100644
--- a/python-celery.spec
+++ b/python-celery.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ Requires:       python-ordereddict
 %endif
 Requires:       python-anyjson
 Requires:       python-dateutil
-Requires:       python-kombu >= 2.2.0
 Recommends:     python-curses
 Recommends:     python-pyOpenSSL
 Suggests:       python-eventlet