diff --git a/alex.changes b/alex.changes
index ddc20ea..c42bf50 100644
--- a/alex.changes
+++ b/alex.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  9 12:59:47 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
+
+- Drop autom4te.cache/requests from doc to fix build-compare
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug  3 15:38:38 UTC 2017 - psimons@suse.com
 
diff --git a/alex.spec b/alex.spec
index c333a1a..edb1c6e 100644
--- a/alex.spec
+++ b/alex.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ test -f configure || autoreconf
 %ghc_bin_install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
 cp doc/alex.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
+rm doc/autom4te.cache/requests # varies across builds, breaking build-compare
 
 %check
 %cabal_test