diff --git a/python-tornado.spec b/python-tornado.spec
index 72e97fd..6258855 100644
--- a/python-tornado.spec
+++ b/python-tornado.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-backports.ssl_match_hostname
 BuildRequires:  python-futures
-BuildRequires:  python-pycares
 BuildRequires:  python-pycurl
 BuildRequires:  python-simplejson
 BuildRequires:  python-Twisted