diff --git a/patchutils.changes b/patchutils.changes
index 9faed11..f74cca5 100644
--- a/patchutils.changes
+++ b/patchutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 16 14:08:27 UTC 2019 - Martin Pluskal <mpluskal@suse.com>
+
+- Drop xmlto dependency as it would introduce build cycle
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 12 09:33:35 UTC 2019 - Martin Pluskal <mpluskal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patchutils.spec b/patchutils.spec
index b1bfd49..8d99714 100644
--- a/patchutils.spec
+++ b/patchutils.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source1:        http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/patchutils/stable/%{name}-%{version
 Patch0:         %{name}-0.2.30-tailsyntax.diff
 Patch2:         rediff-hunk-init-fix.diff
 BuildRequires:  automake
-BuildRequires:  xmlto
 Requires:       diffutils
 Requires:       patch