diff --git a/gegl04.spec b/gegl04.spec
index f490710..a0dd7ae 100644
--- a/gegl04.spec
+++ b/gegl04.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ License:        LGPLv3+
 URL:            http://www.gegl.org/
 Source0:        http://download.gimp.org/pub/gegl/%{apiver}/gegl-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
-BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  enscript
 BuildRequires:  gettext-devel >= 0.19.8
@@ -154,6 +153,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 02 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de>
+- don't require asciidoc for building
+
 * Sat Apr 28 2018 Nils Philippsen <nils@tiptoe.de> - 0.4.0-1
 - import into Fedora dist-git