diff --git a/potrace.changes b/potrace.changes
index 851ae93..7883b68 100644
--- a/potrace.changes
+++ b/potrace.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 13 09:48:27 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Do not use clang to build: even though it is the preferred
+  compiler, it moves potrace behind an 8h-long build of llvm/clang,
+  which in turn holds up building of the entire Distribion, as
+  potrace is used by texlive which in turn provides many modules to
+  be used for documentation building across the board.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 28 10:06:44 UTC 2017 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/potrace.spec b/potrace.spec
index 6a3f557..5b2733a 100644
--- a/potrace.spec
+++ b/potrace.spec
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ Url:            http://potrace.sourceforge.net/
 Source:         http://potrace.sourceforge.net/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Provides:       bitmap_tracing
-%ifnarch ppc s390
-# gcc is supported as well, but clang is preferred by the upstream.
-BuildRequires:  clang
-%endif
 
 %description
 Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a