diff --git a/babl.spec b/babl.spec
index d0930d7..225f4ea 100644
--- a/babl.spec
+++ b/babl.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Source0:	https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/%{apiver}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 BuildRequires:	librsvg2
 BuildRequires:  automake, autoconf
-Requires:       gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc
 
 %description
 Babl is a dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library. It