diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index dca0606..273f77b 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 11 21:51:21 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- remove buildrequire on libstdc++
+
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 Sat Jul 17 00:00:00 UTC 2010 - werner.ho@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 8048cda..12cb48c 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Prefix:         %{_prefix}
 Requires:       python-numpy >= 1.2.1
 Requires:       python-configobj python-dateutil python-tz
 BuildRequires:  python-numpy-devel >= 1.2.1
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libstdc++ tcl tk
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ tcl tk
 BuildRequires:  freetype2-devel gtk2-devel libpng-devel tcl-devel tk-devel wxGTK-devel
 BuildRequires:  fltk-devel python-gtk python-tk python-wxGTK
 BuildRequires:  python-gtk-devel