diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index e99ddcb..378b5de 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 Name: brltty
 Version: %{pkg_version}
-Release: 23%{?dist}
+Release: 24%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 URL: http://brltty.app/
 Source0: http://brltty.app/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ This package provides the Speech Dispatcher driver for BRLTTY.
 %package docs
 Summary: Documentation for BRLTTY
 License: LGPLv2+
-Requires: %{name} = %{pkg_version}-%{release}
 BuildArch: noarch
 %description docs
 This package provides the documentation for BRLTTY.
@@ -135,7 +134,6 @@ 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}
 Requires(pre): glibc-common, shadow-utils
 Requires(post): coreutils, util-linux
 %description -n brlapi
@@ -537,6 +535,9 @@ fi
 %{_prefix}/lib/dracut/modules.d/99brltty/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 21 2018 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 5.6-24
+- Remove unnecessary dependency from brlapi and brltty-docs to brltty
+
 * Wed Jun 20 2018 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 5.6-23
 - OCaml 4.07.0-rc1 rebuild.