diff --git a/ipset.spec b/ipset.spec
index 9f5d277..ca9de74 100644
--- a/ipset.spec
+++ b/ipset.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Source0:       http://ipset.netfilter.org/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRequires: libmnl-devel
 
 # This is developped hand in hand with a kernel module
-Requires:      kernel >= 3.1
+Requires:      kernel
 
 %description
 IP sets are a framework inside the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel, which can be
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ This package contains the libraries which provide the IP sets funcionality.
 %package devel
 Summary:       Development files for %{name}
 Requires:      %{name}%{?_isa} == %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:      kernel-devel >= 3.1
+Requires:      kernel-devel
 
 %description devel
 This package contains the files required to develop software using the %{name}