diff --git a/GConf2.spec b/GConf2.spec
index e202518..076c7dc 100644
--- a/GConf2.spec
+++ b/GConf2.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: polkit-devel >= 0.92
 BuildRequires: dbus-glib-devel >= 0.8
 BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel >= 0.6.7
-BuildRequires: gir-repository-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 Requires: dbus
 # for /usr/share/sgml