diff --git a/bcel.spec b/bcel.spec
index c07bd35..5cf3831 100644
--- a/bcel.spec
+++ b/bcel.spec
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 #Distribution:   JPackage
 Requires:       regexp
 BuildRequires:  ant
-# XXX the next line forces beehive to play nice
-BuildRequires:  xerces-j2, xml-commons-apis
 BuildRequires:  regexp
 BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.5
 BuildArch:      noarch