diff --git a/scribus.changes b/scribus.changes
index ffafc79..1fa3af6 100644
--- a/scribus.changes
+++ b/scribus.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 11 08:34:10 UTC 2017 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on aspell, scribus seem to use hunspell  
+  [bsc#1052965]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb  2 12:29:29 UTC 2017 - adam.majer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/scribus.spec b/scribus.spec
index 323d064..6e0c98d 100644
--- a/scribus.spec
+++ b/scribus.spec
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ Source4:        %{name}-icon128.png
 Source5:        %{name}-icon256.png
 Source6:        %{name}.appdata.xml
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  aspell
-BuildRequires:  aspell-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1325
 BuildRequires:  libboost_headers-devel
 %else