diff --git a/pycairo.spec b/pycairo.spec
index b4e90b4..1219ad7 100644
--- a/pycairo.spec
+++ b/pycairo.spec
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ Python bindings for the cairo library.
 %package devel
 Summary: Libraries and headers for pycairo
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: cairo-devel
-Requires: pkgconfig
 Requires: python-devel
 
 %description devel