diff --git a/picard.changes b/picard.changes
index 3b20c22..bba1b19 100644
--- a/picard.changes
+++ b/picard.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jun 29 09:56:06 UTC 2016 - hpj@urpla.net
+
+- add recommends for python-discid
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 24 16:03:42 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
 
diff --git a/picard.spec b/picard.spec
index a02d12c..c6e4a7b 100644
--- a/picard.spec
+++ b/picard.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Source16:       http://users.musicbrainz.org/~brianfreud/SearchSoundtrackCollect
 Source17:       http://users.musicbrainz.org/~brianfreud/SearchSoundtrackINFO3.py
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  libdiscid-devel
 BuildRequires:  libofa-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-mutagen
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ Requires:       python-mutagen
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  python-qt4
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
+Recommends:     python-discid
 Requires:       python-qt4
 Recommends:     chromaprint-fpcalc
 
@@ -61,22 +61,6 @@ tagging and cross platform compatibility.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-release-%{version}
 
 %build
-export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
-cat > %{name}_libdiscid_dummy.c <<-EOF
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <discid/discid.h>
-int main(void) {
-	printf("Dummy to generate correct libdiscid.so rpm dependency.\n");
-	discid_free(discid_new());
-	return 0;
-}
-EOF
-gcc -Wall -s $CFLAGS -o %{name}_libdiscid_dummy %{name}_libdiscid_dummy.c -ldiscid
-# there is some upstream confusion about what the SONAME of libdiscid is supposed to be
-libdiscid_so="`readelf --wide --dynamic picard_libdiscid_dummy | sed -n '/(NEEDED).*libdiscid.so/s@^\(.*\[\)\([^]]\+\).*@\2@p'`"
-sed -i~ -e "s@^\([[:blank:]]\+\)\(libName[[:blank:]]*=[[:blank:]]*'\)\(libdiscid.so.0\)\('[[:blank:]]*\)@\1\2${libdiscid_so}\4 # was '\3'@" picard/disc.py
-if diff -u picard/disc.py~ picard/disc.py ; then : ; fi
-#
 python setup.py config
 python setup.py build
 
@@ -105,9 +89,6 @@ rm -rfv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale/sco
 %find_lang %{name}-countries %{name}.lang
 %find_lang %{name}-attributes %{name}.lang
 
-mkdir -vp %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}
-cp -avL %{name}_libdiscid_dummy %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}
-
 %post
 %icon_theme_cache_post
 
@@ -118,7 +99,6 @@ cp -avL %{name}_libdiscid_dummy %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/%{name}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc AUTHORS.txt COPYING.txt NEWS.txt
 %{_bindir}/picard
-%{_libdir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{python_sitearch}/picard*
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/picard.png