diff --git a/apache2.changes b/apache2.changes
index b652cd6..23c257e 100644
--- a/apache2.changes
+++ b/apache2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 29 13:45:39 UTC 2020 - Arjen de Korte <suse+build@de-korte.org>
+
+- remove Requires(post): firewalld hard dependency (this is already
+  handled by the %firewalld_reload macro)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 26 12:10:52 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/apache2.spec b/apache2.spec
index 1e04fa9..c46dc9d 100644
--- a/apache2.spec
+++ b/apache2.spec
@@ -276,9 +276,6 @@ Provides:       httpd-devel = %{version}
 %if "%{mpm}" != ""
 Requires(pre):  permissions
 Requires(post): %fillup_prereq
-%if %{use_firewalld}
-Requires(post): firewalld
-%endif
 Requires(post): grep
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives