diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.changes b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
index 1ac9422..82208fc 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 25 17:35:22 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Remove pom parent, since we don't use it when not building with
+  maven
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 12 15:01:55 UTC 2018 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-daemon.spec b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
index 4b9f0db..3d7ec38 100644
--- a/apache-commons-daemon.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-daemon.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package apache-commons-daemon
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ Patch2:         apache-commons-daemon-ppc64.patch
 Patch3:         apache-commons-daemon-aarch64.patch
 Patch4:         apache-commons-daemon-riscv64.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-parent
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
-BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  libcap-devel
 BuildRequires:  xmlto
 Provides:       jakarta-%{short_name} = %{version}
@@ -89,6 +87,8 @@ rm -rf src/samples/*.cmd
 
 chmod -R 0644 src/samples/*
 
+%pom_remove_parent .
+
 %build
 pushd src/native/unix
 xmlto man man/jsvc.1.xml