diff --git a/libgphoto2.changes b/libgphoto2.changes
index 4290c10..6f3a3cd 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.changes
+++ b/libgphoto2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 24 09:54:12 UTC 2014 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on gpg-offline (blocks rebuilds and
+  tarball integrity is checked by source-validator anyway, plus
+  it was commented out)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar 23 18:23:52 UTC 2014 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libgphoto2.spec b/libgphoto2.spec
index 541bac3..e783678 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.spec
+++ b/libgphoto2.spec
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gphoto/libgphoto/%{vers
 Source1:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gphoto/libgphoto/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2.asc
 Source2:        %name.keyring
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
-BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
-%endif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Recommends:     %{name}-%{major}-lang = %{version}
 
@@ -113,9 +110,6 @@ These are its development libraries and headers.
 %lang_package -n libgphoto2-%{major}
 
 %prep
-#if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
-#gpg_verify %{S:1}
-#endif
 %setup -q
 
 %build