diff --git a/console-setup.changes b/console-setup.changes
index 8b70362..2fbf8dd 100644
--- a/console-setup.changes
+++ b/console-setup.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan  1 10:13:39 UTC 2023 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- removed buildrequires to kbd to resolve kbd/console-setup build
+  cycle
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 30 12:16:39 UTC 2022 - Alexei Sorokin <sor.alexei@meowr.ru>
 
diff --git a/console-setup.spec b/console-setup.spec
index d8beda0..bd2e6f1 100644
--- a/console-setup.spec
+++ b/console-setup.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package console-setup
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Source:         https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/%{name}/%{name}_%{vers
 Patch0:         console-setup-1.76-fsf-address.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE console-setup-paths.patch -- Change installing paths to SUSE-style.
 Patch1:         console-setup-paths.patch
-# Directory ownership.
-BuildRequires:  kbd
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(encoding)
 Suggests:       xkeyboard-config
@@ -86,6 +84,7 @@ cp -a Fonts/fontsets/ Fonts/*.equivalents Fonts/*.set \
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/default/keyboard
 %{_bindir}/ckbcomp
 %{_bindir}/setupcon
+%dir %{_datadir}/kbd
 %{_datadir}/kbd/consolefonts/
 %{_datadir}/kbd/consoletrans/
 %{_mandir}/man1/setupcon.1%{?ext_man}