diff --git a/rsync.changes b/rsync.changes
index 468e97a..c788432 100644
--- a/rsync.changes
+++ b/rsync.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 11 15:02:34 CEST 2018 - kukuk@suse.de
+
+- Don't require systemd explicit, spec file can handle both cases
+  correct and in containers we don't have systemd [bsc#1100786].
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  3 15:01:42 CEST 2018 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/rsync.spec b/rsync.spec
index 5675584..2196ac0 100644
--- a/rsync.spec
+++ b/rsync.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 Requires(post): grep
 Requires(post): sed
 Recommends:     logrotate
-%{?systemd_requires}
 
 %description
 Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file  copying  tool. It can copy