diff --git a/harfbuzz.changes b/harfbuzz.changes
index bd602dd..54f0b3f 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.changes
+++ b/harfbuzz.changes
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  5 08:28:46 UTC 2015 - fstrba@suse.com
 
-- Kill the harfbuzz-bootstrap package again
-  - The new sequence will be:
-    -> freetype2-bootstrap
-	-> fontconfig
-	-> harfbuzz
-	-> freetype2
+- Revert the introduction of harfbuzz-bootstrap: it did not help to
+  work around the cycle.
 
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 Mon Apr 27 09:44:21 UTC 2015 - dimstar@opensuse.org
diff --git a/harfbuzz.spec b/harfbuzz.spec
index 90d0358..b053648 100644
--- a/harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/harfbuzz.spec
@@ -27,17 +27,15 @@ Source:         http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-%{
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  freetype2-bootstrap-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo) >= 1.8.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cairo-ft)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(freetype2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.16
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(graphite2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-le)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-uc)
-#!BuildIgnore:  libfreetype6
-#!BuildIgnore:  freetype2-devel
 
 %description
 HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.