diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 61efbc2..44592c2 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 19 10:13:41 UTC 2016 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- remove aarch64 conditional, no longer needed
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  5 09:00:26 UTC 2016 - mchandras@suse.de
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 957bb13..bdae9ec 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ Provides:       openvswitch-controller = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      openvswitch-controller < %{version}
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %py_requires
-%ifnarch aarch64
 BuildRequires:  valgrind-devel
-%endif
 
 %description
 Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under