diff --git a/libdbi-drivers.changes b/libdbi-drivers.changes
index 5daa4cd..a7c1e52 100644
--- a/libdbi-drivers.changes
+++ b/libdbi-drivers.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 22 08:57:42 UTC 2011 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- remove explicit (and wrong) libmysql require
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 15 16:17:10 CET 2010 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libdbi-drivers.spec b/libdbi-drivers.spec
index 6ccee90..86bb4df 100644
--- a/libdbi-drivers.spec
+++ b/libdbi-drivers.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ _Original_Packager:	David A. Parker <david@neongoat.com>
 License:        LGPL
 Summary:        MySQL driver for libdbi
 Group:          Development/Libraries
-Requires:       libdbi0 = %{version}, mysqlclient9 >= 3.23.22
+Requires:       libdbi0 = %{version}
 
 %description dbd-mysql
 This driver provides connectivity to MySQL database servers through the