diff --git a/patterns-base.changes b/patterns-base.changes
index c64c1ea..14808e0 100644
--- a/patterns-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  5 10:50:15 UTC 2020 - Malte Kraus <malte.kraus@suse.com>
+
+- drop telnet from enhanced_base recommendations
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 24 01:59:33 UTC 2020 - Simon Lees <sflees@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index 9ca2e4b..e3f8d38 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ Recommends:     setserial
 Recommends:     sharutils
 Recommends:     spax
 Recommends:     strace
-Recommends:     telnet
 Recommends:     terminfo
 Recommends:     vlan
 Recommends:     wol