diff --git a/libselinux.changes b/libselinux.changes
index 2594e7f..b816167 100644
--- a/libselinux.changes
+++ b/libselinux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  8 06:59:16 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not BuildRequire swig and ruby-devel in the main build phase:
+  those are only needed for the bindings.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  4 13:14:14 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libselinux.spec b/libselinux.spec
index 2c0031c..096f206 100644
--- a/libselinux.spec
+++ b/libselinux.spec
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel >= %{libsepol_ver}
 BuildRequires:  libsepol-devel-static >= %{libsepol_ver}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  ruby-devel
-BuildRequires:  swig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpcre2-8)
 
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