diff --git a/zeromq.changes b/zeromq.changes
index 8dd5919..3c1750b 100644
--- a/zeromq.changes
+++ b/zeromq.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 15 14:00:46 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop xmlto and asciidoc buildrequires, these are only needed
+  for non-release builds which do not ship with prebuilt docs
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 28 19:49:38 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/zeromq.spec b/zeromq.spec
index 12bb6ad..f363565 100644
--- a/zeromq.spec
+++ b/zeromq.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package zeromq
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/Web/Servers
 URL:            http://www.zeromq.org/
 Source:         https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v%{version}/zeromq-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
-BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libunwind-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  xmlto
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 BuildRequires:  libsodium-devel
 BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel