diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index b879e2e..dc64152 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+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..b7f82a3 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ 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