diff --git a/dateutils.changes b/dateutils.changes
index 5335b67..5699c41 100644
--- a/dateutils.changes
+++ b/dateutils.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Sun Jan 10 10:11:42 UTC 2016 - antoine.belvire@laposte.net
 - Fix build:
   * add dateutils-0.3.4-fix-test-126.patch (from upstream)
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  2 13:34:24 UTC 2015 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
+
+- remove old obsoletes line for devel package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 31 08:39:17 UTC 2015 - sweet_f_a@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/dateutils.spec b/dateutils.spec
index 64056ed..890d4c5 100644
--- a/dateutils.spec
+++ b/dateutils.spec
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ BuildRequires:  octave-devel
 %endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires(pre):  info
-Obsoletes:      %{name}-devel
 
 %description
 Dateutils are a bunch of tools that revolve around fiddling with dates