diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index b6c27bd..97f89c9 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  9 23:28:45 UTC 2022 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Drop pkgconfig(gconf-2.0) BuildRequires: is both unneeded and
+  unused.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan 27 12:59:04 UTC 2022 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 791e0dc..449fefb 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(com_err)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fontconfig)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gconf-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gsettings-desktop-schemas)