diff --git a/oniguruma.changes b/oniguruma.changes
index 6f1433f..981dd67 100644
--- a/oniguruma.changes
+++ b/oniguruma.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  1 01:27:17 UTC 2016 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- remove ruby build requires. seems unused.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 21 11:48:55 UTC 2015 - i@marguerite.su
 
diff --git a/oniguruma.spec b/oniguruma.spec
index a2ca21a..79c9cb0 100644
--- a/oniguruma.spec
+++ b/oniguruma.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
 Url:            https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma
 Source:         https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v%{version}/onig-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  ruby-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description