diff --git a/ca-certificates.changes b/ca-certificates.changes
index 2340ddd..1cf64ae 100644
--- a/ca-certificates.changes
+++ b/ca-certificates.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 23 16:03:55 CET 2017 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- Don't require systemd, since we could be used in environments
+  like container images, where we don't have systemd. If systemd
+  is installed the systemd units will be used, else they are not
+  needed.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 07 13:58:01 UTC 2017 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/ca-certificates.spec b/ca-certificates.spec
index 3cc88fc..64bea11 100644
--- a/ca-certificates.spec
+++ b/ca-certificates.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Obsoletes:      openssl-certs
 Obsoletes:      java-ca-certificates = 1
 Provides:       java-ca-certificates = %version-%release
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%{?systemd_requires}
 
 %description
 Update-ca-certificates is intended to keep the certificate stores of