diff --git a/eclipse-m2e-core.spec b/eclipse-m2e-core.spec
index 81e98bd..54d011f 100644
--- a/eclipse-m2e-core.spec
+++ b/eclipse-m2e-core.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           eclipse-m2e-core
 Version:        1.11.0
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        Maven integration for Eclipse
 
 # Most of components are under EPL, but some of them are licensed under
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ Requires:       sisu-inject
 Requires:       sisu-plexus
 Requires:       slf4j
 Requires:       velocity
-Requires:       xbean
 Requires:       xml-commons-apis
 
 # Obsoletes added for F31
@@ -359,6 +358,9 @@ xmvn-subst -s $(find %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/eclipse/droplets/m2e-core -name jar
 %license epl-v10.html LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 01 2019 Mat Booth <mat.booth@redhat.com> - 1.11.0-6
+- Drop hard requirement on xbean, not really needed by maven
+
 * Fri Jun 21 2019 Mat Booth <mat.booth@redhat.com> - 1.11.0-5
 - Backport fix to correct 'Failed to evaluate: ReferenceExpression' errors in
   log