diff --git a/abiword.spec b/abiword.spec
index eb8dde8..0695241 100644
--- a/abiword.spec
+++ b/abiword.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define majorversion 2
 %define minorversion 8
-%define microversion 6
+%define microversion 9
 
 %define olpc_build 0
 
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ BuildRequires: gtk2-devel, libgsf-devel
 BuildRequires: boost-devel, t1lib-devel
 BuildRequires: dbus-glib-devel >= 0.70
 %if !%{olpc_build}
-Requires: link-grammar >= 4.2.2
+# don't require link-grammar until it is revived
+#Requires: link-grammar >= 4.2.2
 BuildRequires: readline-devel
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
 BuildRequires: poppler-devel >= 0.4.0
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ BuildRequires: libwpg-devel
 BuildRequires: librsvg2-devel
 BuildRequires: libwmf-devel
 BuildRequires: aiksaurus-devel, aiksaurus-gtk-devel
-BuildRequires: link-grammar-devel >= 4.2.2
+# don't require link-grammar until it is revived
+#BuildRequires: link-grammar-devel >= 4.2.2
 BuildRequires: gtkmathview-devel >= 0.7.5, flex, bison
 BuildRequires: loudmouth-devel
 %ifnarch %{arm}
@@ -184,6 +186,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}-%{majorversion}.%{minorversion}.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 02 2011 Marc Maurer <uwog@abisource.com> - 1:2.8.6-9
+- Remove link-grammar from the BR and R until it is revived
+
 * Thu May 05 2011 Chris Tyler <chris@tylers.info> - 1:2.8.6-8
 - Excluded asio-devel from ARM builds