diff --git a/hmaccalc.changes b/hmaccalc.changes
index dc416a0..e1d5400 100644
--- a/hmaccalc.changes
+++ b/hmaccalc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May  7 12:21:21 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove prelink buildrequire - completely unneeded and unnecessarily
+  increases core ring 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 14 09:16:33 UTC 2014 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/hmaccalc.spec b/hmaccalc.spec
index 1caf6a0..87b13f5 100644
--- a/hmaccalc.spec
+++ b/hmaccalc.spec
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-%ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 ppc ppc64 s390 s390x
-BuildRequires:  prelink
-%endif
 
 %description
 The hmaccalc package contains tools which can calculate HMAC (hash-based