diff --git a/update-alternatives.changes b/update-alternatives.changes
index 816f189..beeb4e1 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.changes
+++ b/update-alternatives.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  9 10:43:10 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Silence the update-alternatives regen output wrt bsc#1050848
+  it causes more confusion than benefits
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 27 12:38:32 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/update-alternatives.spec b/update-alternatives.spec
index 6b023d1..0ac2cd3 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.spec
+++ b/update-alternatives.spec
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ touch %{_localstatedir}/log/alternatives.log
 # Fix broken alternatives list bnc#969171
 cd %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/
 for i in $(ls .) ; do
-    # continue on errors but still print them out
-    update-alternatives --auto $i || :
+    # continue on errors
+    update-alternatives --auto $i 2>/dev/null || :
 done
 
 %files