diff --git a/texlive.changes b/texlive.changes
index 3ea8b75..bc07e20 100644
--- a/texlive.changes
+++ b/texlive.changes
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Fri Jan 31 20:28:55 UTC 2014 - rschweikert@suse.com
   reset the variable.
   ~ add patch biber-noreadonly.diff to address the issue
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 25 09:25:19 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove buildrequire kernel-devel, there are no kmps in here
+
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 Mon Jan 13 11:15:56 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/texlive.spec b/texlive.spec
index 3196b35..32a6b07 100644
--- a/texlive.spec
+++ b/texlive.spec
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ BuildRequires:  glu-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  gsl-devel
 BuildRequires:  jpeg
-BuildRequires:  kernel-devel
 BuildRequires:  libicu-devel
 BuildRequires:  libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel