diff --git a/polkit-default-privs.changes b/polkit-default-privs.changes
index 2fde1e0..0e6c14c 100644
--- a/polkit-default-privs.changes
+++ b/polkit-default-privs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 19 07:23:40 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not BuildRequire and Require polkit: technically, this is not
+  required at all. In plus, it helps us a great deal in bootstrap
+  scenarios, as polkit-default-privs is used by rpmlint, and thus
+  pulled into every single buildroot.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct  8 09:28:28 UTC 2021 - Matthias Gerstner <matthias.gerstner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/polkit-default-privs.spec b/polkit-default-privs.spec
index 7b7356d..ae5146f 100644
--- a/polkit-default-privs.spec
+++ b/polkit-default-privs.spec
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Productivity/Security
 Source:         polkit-default-privs-%version.tar.xz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  polkit
-Requires:       polkit
 Supplements:    PolicyKit
 Supplements:    libpolkit0
 Supplements:    polkit
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@ Predefined polkit profiles for different usage scenarios like desktop and
 server. These profiles define the kind of authentication required for various
 polkit actions used across applications.
 
+
+
 # use a separate package for the static whitelist (i.e. the one that isn't
 # part of the different profiles selectable during runtime). This whitelist is
 # of no use for users and only needed during rpmlint time.