diff --git a/gnome-panel.spec b/gnome-panel.spec
index fb7b2ee..d8aedcc 100644
--- a/gnome-panel.spec
+++ b/gnome-panel.spec
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ BuildRequires: intltool
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: libcanberra-devel
+BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 
 Obsoletes: gdm-user-switch-applet < 1:2.91.6
 
@@ -175,10 +176,6 @@ autoreconf -i -f
    --enable-eds=no
 %endif
 
-# drop unneeded direct library deps with --as-needed
-# libtool doesn't make this easy, so we do it the hard way
-#sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0 /g' -e 's/    if test "$export_dynamic" = yes && test -n "$export_dynamic_flag_spec"; then/      func_append compile_command " -Wl,-O1,--as-needed"\n      func_append finalize_command " -Wl,-O1,--as-needed"\n\0/' libtool
-
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1