diff --git a/libwps.spec b/libwps.spec
index 2e1209a..e7d1341 100644
--- a/libwps.spec
+++ b/libwps.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		libwps
 Version:	0.2.9
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Release:	3%{?dist}
 Summary:	Library for reading and converting Microsoft Works word processor documents
 
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ License:	LGPLv2+ or MPLv2.0+
 URL:		http://libwps.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-BuildRequires:	cppunit-devel
 BuildRequires:	doxygen
 BuildRequires:	libwpd-devel
 
@@ -86,6 +85,9 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/html/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 30 2013 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 0.2.9-3
+- drop build req. on cppunit
+
 * Thu May 30 2013 David Tardon <dtardon@redhat.com> - 0.2.9-2
 - libwps does not have any test suite