diff --git a/netsniff-ng.changes b/netsniff-ng.changes
index 0a84724..3833d01 100644
--- a/netsniff-ng.changes
+++ b/netsniff-ng.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov  7 20:01:07 UTC 2019 - Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
+
+- Do not longer build with support for GeoIP
+  GeoIP has been discontinued by Maxmind. Please see
+  https://support.maxmind.com/geolite-legacy-discontinuation-notice/
+  for details. Without the database GeoIP is useless.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  9 19:17:57 UTC 2019 - Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/netsniff-ng.spec b/netsniff-ng.spec
index 2f01f48..39795d8 100644
--- a/netsniff-ng.spec
+++ b/netsniff-ng.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel
-BuildRequires:  libGeoIP-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcli-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnet-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnetfilter_conntrack-devel
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ The netsniff-ng toolkit consists of the following utilities:
 %build
 export NACL_LIB=sodium
 export NACL_INC_DIR=/usr/include/sodium
-./configure
+./configure --disable-geoip
 make %{?_smp_mflags} ETCDIR=%{_sysconfdir} Q= STRIP=: CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 
 %install