diff --git a/python-dbus-python.changes b/python-dbus-python.changes
index e6adbed..7438edb 100644
--- a/python-dbus-python.changes
+++ b/python-dbus-python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 18 13:03:22 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- drop unneeded epydoc requirement properly
+
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 Thu Dec  7 11:17:04 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/python-dbus-python.spec b/python-dbus-python.spec
index 161cdd2..4d0f789 100644
--- a/python-dbus-python.spec
+++ b/python-dbus-python.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module gobject}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
-BuildRequires:  epydoc
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1) >= 1.6.0