diff --git a/lxsession.changes b/lxsession.changes
index 623585e..81175a7 100644
--- a/lxsession.changes
+++ b/lxsession.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 30 17:31:26 UTC 2011 - andrea@opensuse.org
+
+- removed hal from buildrequires, fixed bnc 697010 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Dec  4 19:02:38 UTC 2010 - gber@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/lxsession.spec b/lxsession.spec
index 088449c..c74d99f 100644
--- a/lxsession.spec
+++ b/lxsession.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 Name:           lxsession
 Version:        0.4.5
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        LXDE Session Manager, required for running the desktop environment
 Group:          System/GUI/LXDE
 License:        GPL
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         %name-0.4.5-lock-screen-bnc622083.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  dbus-1-glib-devel fdupes gtk2-devel intltool pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets hal-devel libxslt
+BuildRequires:  docbook-utils docbook-xsl-stylesheets libxslt
 
 %description
 LXSession is the standard session manager used by LXDE. The LXSession manager