diff --git a/libcanberra.spec b/libcanberra.spec
index 6df8827..db7420d 100644
--- a/libcanberra.spec
+++ b/libcanberra.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: libcanberra
 Version: 0.30
-Release: 25%{?dist}
+Release: 26%{?dist}
 Summary: Portable Sound Event Library
 Source0: http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/libcanberra-%{version}.tar.xz
 Patch0: 0001-gtk-Don-t-assume-all-GdkDisplays-are-GdkX11Displays-.patch
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ BuildRequires: systemd-devel
 BuildRequires: make
 Requires: sound-theme-freedesktop
 Requires: pulseaudio-libs >= 0.9.15
-Requires(post): systemd
-Requires(preun): systemd
-Requires(postun): systemd
 
 %description
 A small and lightweight implementation of the XDG Sound Theme Specification
@@ -134,6 +131,9 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/libcanberra/README
 %{_datadir}/vala/vapi/libcanberra.vapi
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 01 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 0.30-26
+- Avoid requiring systemd as per updated packaging guidelines
+
 * Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.30-25
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild