diff --git a/expat.changes b/expat.changes
index 5705e01..31980ec 100644
--- a/expat.changes
+++ b/expat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 13 06:04:38 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Do not BuildRequire cmake: expat is part of the distro bootstrap
+  cycle and any additional dependency makes the ring larger. In
+  this case here, cmake was even only used to own a directory.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  6 02:16:20 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/expat.spec b/expat.spec
index fa03926..148a92e 100644
--- a/expat.spec
+++ b/expat.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_%{unver
 Source1:        %{name}faq.html
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source3:        https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_%{unversion}/expat-%{version}.tar.xz.asc
-BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
@@ -110,6 +109,7 @@ chmod 0644 examples/elements.c
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/libexpat.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/expat.pc
+%dir %{_libdir}/cmake
 %{_libdir}/cmake/expat-%{version}
 
 %changelog