diff --git a/libtheora.spec b/libtheora.spec
index ec45055..3375adf 100644
--- a/libtheora.spec
+++ b/libtheora.spec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+%bcond transfig %{undefined rhel}
 
 # enable bootstrap mode (e.g. disables doc generation)
 #global bootstrap 1
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@
 Name:           libtheora
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        1.1.1
-Release:        36%{?dist}
+Release:        37%{?dist}
 Summary:        Theora Video Compression Codec
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.theora.org
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ BuildRequires:  SDL-devel libpng-devel
 Obsoletes: %{name}-devel-docs < %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 %else
 BuildRequires:  doxygen
-BuildRequires:  tetex-latex transfig
+BuildRequires:  tetex-latex
+%if %{with transfig}
+BuildRequires:  transfig
+%endif
 %endif
 
 %description
@@ -124,6 +128,9 @@ install -m 755 examples/.libs/png2theora $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/png2theora
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri May 03 2024 Wim Taymans <wtaymans@redhat.com> - 1:1.1.1-37
+- Remove transfig dependency for RHEL
+
 * Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.1.1-36
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild