diff --git a/alpine.changes b/alpine.changes
index 2105b48..94808be 100644
--- a/alpine.changes
+++ b/alpine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  3 23:12:05 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- imap is bundled with alpine since a while, so there is no need
+  for imap-devel anymore (whose removal is planned for
+  openSUSE:Factory).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 21 21:21:06 UTC 2017 - opensuse@dstoecker.de
 
diff --git a/alpine.spec b/alpine.spec
index 0725448..5f9f2ea 100644
--- a/alpine.spec
+++ b/alpine.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Patch615:       chappa-fromheader.patch
 Patch616:       chappa-rules.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.69
-BuildRequires:  imap-devel
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel