diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index b879e2e..32a7859 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 12 10:29:13 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- buildrequire rpm-build - it's ignored otherwise
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov  9 06:30:41 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- remove pwdutils and timezone from default essentials, timezone
+  is only required by very specific test suites, the builds happen
+  in UTC anyway - and pwdutils hides packaging bugs
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov  4 10:16:54 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index e50ba25..48507fe 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  patch
 BuildRequires:  perl-base
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
+BuildRequires:  rpm-build
 BuildRequires:  xz-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 #!BuildIgnore:  rpmlint-Factory
@@ -196,8 +197,6 @@ Requires:       xz
 # drop candidates
 Requires:       cpio
 Requires:       file
-Requires:       pwdutils
-Requires:       timezone
 
 %description build
 If you want to build a rpm, you need this package. It provides rpmbuild