diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index e97db95..7d69090 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  2 16:02:39 UTC 2019 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
+
+- Requires: ncurses expands to Requires: libncurses5, which
+  is not required by any component of this package. Remove it
+  along with the BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec  3 21:58:53 UTC 2018 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 03b273d..0b56994 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libvirt
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ BuildRequires:  libgnutls-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtasn1-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
@@ -813,7 +812,6 @@ capabilities of VirtualBox
 Summary:        Client side utilities of the libvirt library
 Group:          System/Management
 Requires:       %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       ncurses
 Requires:       readline
 # Needed by libvirt-guests init script.
 Requires:       gettext-runtime