diff --git a/gnome-screensaver.spec b/gnome-screensaver.spec
index 72b475e..9beca30 100644
--- a/gnome-screensaver.spec
+++ b/gnome-screensaver.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires: pam-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel, libXScrnSaver-devel, libXext-devel
 BuildRequires: libXinerama-devel 
 # this is here because the configure tests look for protocol headers
-BuildRequires: xorg-x11-proto-devel
+#BuildRequires: xorg-x11-proto-devel
 Requires: gtk2 >= %{gtk2_version}
 Requires: gnome-vfs2 >= %{gnome_vfs2_version}
 Requires: libgnomeui >= %{libgnomeui_version}