diff --git a/jdom.spec b/jdom.spec
index 6000e8f..7844ecb 100644
--- a/jdom.spec
+++ b/jdom.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ find . -name "*.class" -exec rm -f {} \;
 
 
 %build
-export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath xalan-j2 xml-commons-apis)
+export CLASSPATH=$(build-classpath xalan-j2)
 sed -e 's|<property name="build.compiler".*||' build.xml > tempf; cp tempf build.xml; rm tempf
 ant -Dj2se.apidoc=%{_javadocdir}/java package javadoc-link
 
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ ln -s %{name}-%{version} %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %changelog
 * Wed Jun  7 2006 Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> - 0:1.0-1jpp_4fc
 - Build natively
+- Remove spurious xml-commons-api requirement
 
 * Mon Mar  6 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 0:1.0-1jpp_3fc
 - stop scriptlet spew