diff --git a/patterns-base.spec b/patterns-base.spec
index b7dc618..acdd2fe 100644
--- a/patterns-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-base.spec
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ Recommends:     acl
 Recommends:     attr
 # compressor is interesting
 Recommends:     bzip2
-Recommends:     cracklib-dict-small
 # printing considered cool
 Recommends:     cups-client
 Recommends:     curl