diff --git a/ipset.spec b/ipset.spec
index d50032e..855718d 100644
--- a/ipset.spec
+++ b/ipset.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:             ipset
 Version:          6.21.1
-Release:          1%{?dist}
+Release:          2%{?dist}
 Summary:          Manage Linux IP sets
 
 License:          GPLv2
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ BuildRequires:    libmnl-devel
 # explicitly update only one of the two (e.g 'yum update ipset')
 Requires:         %{name}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
-# This is developed hand in hand with a kernel module
-Requires:         kernel
-
 %description
 IP sets are a framework inside the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel, which can be
 administered by the ipset utility. Depending on the type, currently an IP set
@@ -149,8 +146,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Mar 10 2014 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 6.21.1-1
-- New upstream release.
+* Tue Mar 11 2014 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 6.21.1-2
+- Remove runtime requirement on the kernel.
+  https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2014-March/196565.html
 
 * Tue Oct 29 2013 Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@fedoraproject.org> - 6.20.1-1
 - New upstream release.