diff --git a/zenity.spec b/zenity.spec
index ba3338d..5b067ab 100644
--- a/zenity.spec
+++ b/zenity.spec
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ BuildRequires: gtk3-devel >= 3.0.0
 BuildRequires: libnotify-devel >= 0.4.1
 BuildRequires: which
 BuildRequires: gettext
-BuildRequires: gnome-common
 BuildRequires: intltool
-BuildRequires: libtool
 
 %description
 Zenity lets you display Gtk+ dialog boxes from the command line and through
@@ -24,8 +22,6 @@ from the same family as dialog, Xdialog, and cdialog.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-intltoolize --force
-autoreconf
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-scrollkeeper --disable-webkitgtk
@@ -51,6 +47,8 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/gdialog
 %changelog
 * Tue Mar 27 2012 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 3.4.0-1
 - Update to 3.4.0
+- Don't run autoreconf and intltoolize in the spec file; the tarball should be
+  good enough
 
 * Mon Mar 18 2012 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com> - 3.2.0-4
 - Don't introduce a webkit dependency (#804451)