diff --git a/vlc-2.1.5-fix-skins2-default-skin-creation.patch b/vlc-2.1.5-fix-skins2-default-skin-creation.patch
index cd88f32..dd20b28 100644
--- a/vlc-2.1.5-fix-skins2-default-skin-creation.patch
+++ b/vlc-2.1.5-fix-skins2-default-skin-creation.patch
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ New tar defaults create PAX archives which have two problems:
 * they contain atime and thus the build time
 Avoid this by passign "--format=ustar" to tar when creating skins2/default.vlt
 
-Index: b/share/Makefile.am
-===================================================================
---- a/share/Makefile.am
-+++ b/share/Makefile.am
-@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ skins2/default.vlt: $(skins2_default_vlt
- 	mkdir -p skins2
- 	(cd "$(srcdir)/skins2"; find default -print0 | \
- 		LC_ALL=C sort -z | \
--		tar cvv --exclude .svn --no-recursion --null -T -) | \
-+		tar cvv --format=ustar --exclude .svn --no-recursion --null -T -) | \
- 	gzip -n > skins2/default.vlt
- 
- #
 Index: b/share/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
 --- a/share/Makefile.in
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index b8185db..1f249f6 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
 BuildRequires:  SDL-devel >= 1.2.10
 BuildRequires:  aalib-devel
 BuildRequires:  alsa-devel >= 1.0.24
-BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.11
 BuildRequires:  avahi-devel >= 0.6
 BuildRequires:  dirac-devel
 BuildRequires:  fdupes