diff --git a/lynx.spec b/lynx.spec
index 47b4186..55ce37c 100644
--- a/lynx.spec
+++ b/lynx.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
-BuildRequires: rsh
 BuildRequires: slang-devel
 BuildRequires: telnet
 BuildRequires: unzip
@@ -92,7 +91,8 @@ sed -e 's,^STARTFILE:.*,STARTFILE:file:/usr/share/doc/HTML/en-US/index.html,' -i
     --enable-warnings               \
     --with-screen=ncursesw          \
     --with-ssl=%{_libdir}           \
-    --with-zlib
+    --with-zlib                     \
+    ac_cv_path_RLOGIN=/usr/bin/rlogin
 
 make -C po
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ EOF
 
 %changelog
 * Wed May 23 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 2.8.9-0.23.dev19
+- do not require 'rsh' installed at build time (#1581747)
 - update to the latest upstream pre-release
 
 * Mon Feb 19 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 2.8.9-0.22.dev16