diff --git a/xml-commons-resolver.spec b/xml-commons-resolver.spec
index f6b7fee..68eb110 100644
--- a/xml-commons-resolver.spec
+++ b/xml-commons-resolver.spec
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ Source3:        xml-commons-resolver-xparse.sh
 Requires:       jaxp_parser_impl
 Requires:	xml-commons-apis
 BuildRequires:  ant
-# XXX the next line forces beehive to play nice
-BuildRequires:  xerces-j2, xml-commons-apis
 BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.5
 #BuildRequires:  %{_bindir}/xsltproc
 #BuildRequires:  docbook-style-xsl