diff --git a/xorg-x11-fonts.spec b/xorg-x11-fonts.spec
index 1142ea2..d7bbb66 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-fonts.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-fonts.spec
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ Patch1: 0001-jisx0201.1976-0.enc-Add-undefined-mapping-for-0x7f-0.patch
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-util-macros
 BuildRequires: xorg-x11-font-utils >= 7.5-3
-# FIXME: fontconfig is needed only because the upstream Makefiles invoke
-# fc-cache at build time.  This is totally useless, because we do not ship
-# any of the resulting cache files, we generate them at install time from the
-# rpm scripts.  However, it is easier to depend on fontconfig here than it is
-# to patch all 40+ tarballs to stop running fc-cache.
-BuildRequires: fontconfig
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 
 BuildRequires: ucs2any, bdftruncate, bdftopcf