diff --git a/numactl.changes b/numactl.changes
index a99503d..24067fd 100644
--- a/numactl.changes
+++ b/numactl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 10 13:40:46 CEST 2019 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- numastat doesn't need perl anymore since 2012
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 15 10:30:35 UTC 2019 - trenn@suse.de
 
diff --git a/numactl.spec b/numactl.spec
index cb1c1e9..5f12e42 100644
--- a/numactl.spec
+++ b/numactl.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.64
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 %endif
-Requires:       perl
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 ExcludeArch:    %arm