diff --git a/velocity.spec b/velocity.spec
index c6b97eb..a83558d 100644
--- a/velocity.spec
+++ b/velocity.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-%bcond_without  hsqldb
 
 Name:           velocity
 Version:        1.7
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  antlr
 BuildRequires:  junit
 BuildRequires:  ant-junit
-%if %{with hsqldb}
-BuildRequires:  hsqldb-lib
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-collections
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-logging
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang
@@ -132,9 +128,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} ./pom.xml
 # Remove werken-xpath Import/Export refences in OSGi manifest file
 %patch7 -p1
 
-%if %{without hsqldb}
 rm -r src/test/org/apache/velocity/test/sql
-%endif
 
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