diff --git a/mumps.changes b/mumps.changes
index 0ef6e93..dc0a483 100644
--- a/mumps.changes
+++ b/mumps.changes
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Sat Feb  9 13:40:09 UTC 2019 - eich@suse.com
 - Build example binaries against shared libs for all builds.
 - Add Makefiles-Serialize-libseq-libplat-mommond_mod-for-parallel-builds.patch:
   make sure builds are serialized for 'make -j <n>'
-- Version mumps, requires and buildrequires.
+- Version mumps, requires and buildrequires, remove unneeded buildrequires.
 - Only include requires for the respecive flavor (non-scotch, scotch).
 
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diff --git a/mumps.spec b/mumps.spec
index 78be376..b050207 100644
--- a/mumps.spec
+++ b/mumps.spec
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ Patch1:         Makefiles-Serialize-libseq-libplat-mommond_mod-for-parallel-buil
 BuildRequires:  gcc-fortran
 %{?with_scotch:BuildRequires:  %{scotch}%{?with_mpi:-%{mpi_family}}-devel}
 %if %{with mpi}
-BuildRequires:  %{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}-devel = %version
-BuildRequires:  %{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}-devel-static = %version
 BuildRequires:  %{mpi_family}-devel
 BuildRequires:  scalapack-%{mpi_family}-devel
 BuildRequires:  libblacs2-%{mpi_family}-devel
@@ -265,11 +263,12 @@ This package contains the parallel library%{?with_mpi: with %{mpi_family}}%{?sco
 %package %{so_ver}-compat
 Summary:        A MUltifrontal Massively Parallel Sparse direct Solver
 Group:          System/Libraries
-%if %{without hpc} && %{with mpi}
-# Needed for non-HPC MPI builds to link to it from the MPI libdir - see below.
-BuildRequires:  lib%{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}%{so_ver} = %{version}
-%endif
 Requires:       lib%{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}%{so_ver} = %{version}
+%if %{without hpc} && %{with mpi}
+# Install link targets for non-HPC MPI compat links from the MPI libdir - see below.
+BuildRequires:  lib%{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}%{so_ver} = %{version}
+BuildRequires:  %{pname}%{?scotch:-scotch}-devel-static = %version
+%endif
 
 %description %{so_ver}-compat
 MUMPS implements a direct solver for large sparse linear systems, with a