diff --git a/expect.spec b/expect.spec
index 980c4d6..eb59162 100644
--- a/expect.spec
+++ b/expect.spec
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 Summary: A program-script interaction and testing utility
 Name: expect
 Version: %{majorver}
-Release: 25%{?dist}
+Release: 26%{?dist}
 License: Public Domain
 Group: Development/Languages
 # URL: probably more useful is http://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/
 URL: http://expect.nist.gov/
 Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Buildrequires: tcl-devel tk-devel autoconf automake libXft-devel chrpath
+Buildrequires: tcl-devel autoconf automake chrpath
 # Patch0: fixes change log file permissions
 Patch0: expect-5.43.0-log_file.patch
 # Patch1: fixes install location, change pkgIndex
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
 %{_mandir}/man1/tknewsbiff.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 24 2017 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 5.45-26
+- remove unnecessary tk-devel and libXft-devel build dependencies
+
 * Tue Mar 28 2017 Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek@redhat.com> - 5.45-25
 - tknewsbiff man page should be only in expectk - removed its duplicate
   from expect package