diff --git a/gegl04.spec b/gegl04.spec
index 8360b78..ae33884 100644
--- a/gegl04.spec
+++ b/gegl04.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           gegl04
 Version:        0.4.8
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Graph based image processing framework
 
 # The binary is under the GPL, while the libs are under LGPL.
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vapigen) >= 0.20.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtiff-4) >= 4.0.0
 
 # operations/common/magick-load.c has a fallback image loader which uses /usr/bin/convert
-Requires:       /usr/bin/convert
+# However, this code path has no error handling, so no application should rely on it; and
+# there is a general trend to migrate away from ImageMagick.
+# Requires:       /usr/bin/convert
 
 # gegl contains a stripped down version of poly2tri-c, a C+glib port of
 # poly2tri, a 2D constrained Delaunay triangulation library.
@@ -155,6 +157,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 24 2018 Debarshi Ray <rishi@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.8-2
+- Drop the run-time requirement on ImageMagick
+
 * Mon Aug 20 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 0.4.8-1
 - version 0.4.8