diff --git a/gobject-introspection.changes b/gobject-introspection.changes
index 8581cf7..b005a67 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.changes
+++ b/gobject-introspection.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 29 13:15:29 UTC 2023 - Frederic Crozat <fcrozat@suse.com>
+
+- Drop BuildRequires on pkgconfig(cairo)/pkgconfig(cairo-gobject),
+  cairo is only needed for some tests.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep 16 12:19:42 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/gobject-introspection.spec b/gobject-introspection.spec
index be30b74..3343f90 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-Mako
 BuildRequires:  python3-Markdown
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-xml
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo-gobject)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.75.0
@@ -103,8 +101,9 @@ a uniform, machine readable format.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+# cairo is only needed for some tests, don't enable it
 %meson \
-	-Dcairo=enabled \
+	-Dcairo=disabled \
 	-Ddoctool=enabled \
 	-Dgtk_doc=true \
 	-Dpython='%{_bindir}/python3' \