diff --git a/gsl.changes b/gsl.changes
index 7518501..fdca9a6 100644
--- a/gsl.changes
+++ b/gsl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 29 07:10:33 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- the buildrequire for specific gcc libraries seems unneeded (and broke)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 28 18:16:16 CEST 2012 - pth@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index 825faff..8611438 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ BuildRequires:  blas
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  libquadmath46
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 %if 0%{?fedora_version}
 Requires:       info