diff --git a/scribus.changes b/scribus.changes
index 1fa3af6..e30dae0 100644
--- a/scribus.changes
+++ b/scribus.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  4 17:18:39 UTC 2018 - wbauer@tmo.at
+
+- remove libQtWebKit-devel build requirement, it seems not to be
+  used/needed at all
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 11 08:34:10 UTC 2017 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/scribus.spec b/scribus.spec
index 6e0c98d..c840122 100644
--- a/scribus.spec
+++ b/scribus.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  fontconfig-devel
 BuildRequires:  hicolor-icon-theme
 BuildRequires:  hunspell-devel
-BuildRequires:  libQtWebKit-devel
 BuildRequires:  liblcms2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpodofo-devel
 BuildRequires:  libqt4-devel >= 4.6.0