diff --git a/bison.changes b/bison.changes
index 5653d0c..9d62cb1 100644
--- a/bison.changes
+++ b/bison.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 17 03:01:16 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Drop unnecessary autoconf BuildRequires. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 16 15:40:38 UTC 2019 - Martin Pluskal <mpluskal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/bison.spec b/bison.spec
index 99de142..8425d42 100644
--- a/bison.spec
+++ b/bison.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-%{version}.tar.xz.sig
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 Requires:       m4