diff --git a/Mesa.changes b/Mesa.changes
index 3d746e1..f1c8847 100644
--- a/Mesa.changes
+++ b/Mesa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 27 09:54:11 UTC 2023 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- removing again BuildRequires for x264 and x265 in case 
+  video_codecs should be built (these were never needed and used
+  for build)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 27 09:48:22 UTC 2023 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/Mesa.spec b/Mesa.spec
index 0c6360c..54166e5 100644
--- a/Mesa.spec
+++ b/Mesa.spec
@@ -286,12 +286,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(LLVMSPIRVLib)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(SPIRV-Tools)
 %endif
 %endif
-%if "%{flavor}" == "drivers"
-%if %{video_codecs}
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x264)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x265)
-%endif
-%endif
 
 Requires:       Mesa-libEGL1 = %{version}
 Requires:       Mesa-libGL1 = %{version}