diff --git a/nuspell.spec b/nuspell.spec
index b108881..bca3910 100644
--- a/nuspell.spec
+++ b/nuspell.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ BuildRequires:  Catch2-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  libboost_locale-devel
 BuildRequires:  libicu-devel
 BuildRequires:  rubygem(%{rb_default_ruby_abi}:ronn)
 Requires:       hunspell