diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index e2dd147..a55bdcc 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name: brltty
 Version: %{pkg_version}
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: http://brltty.app/
 Source0: http://brltty.app/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ BuildRequires: espeak-ng-devel
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/2to3
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake
 
-Requires: brlapi%{?_isa} = %{api_version}-%{release}
 # work around a bug in the install process:
 Requires(post): coreutils
 Requires(post): systemd
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ This package provides the eSpeak-NG driver for BRLTTY.
 Version: %{api_version}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Summary: Application Programming Interface for BRLTTY
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{pkg_version}-%{release}
+Recommends: %{name} = %{pkg_version}-%{release}
 Requires(pre): glibc-common, shadow-utils
 Requires(post): coreutils, util-linux
 %description -n brlapi
@@ -530,6 +529,11 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %verify(not size md5 mtime) %{_sysconfdir}/brltty/Initramfs/cmdline
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 16 2020 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 6.1-8
+- Dropped explicit brlapi dependency (brltty) and relaxed brltty
+  dependency (brlapi)
+  Related: rhbz#1765611
+
 * Fri Jul 10 2020 Jiri Vanek <jvanek@redhat.com> - 6.1-7
 - Rebuilt for JDK-11, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Java11