diff --git a/java_cup.spec b/java_cup.spec
index 5351a95..cff1bb3 100644
--- a/java_cup.spec
+++ b/java_cup.spec
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Url: 		http://www.cs.princeton.edu/%7Eappel/modern/java/CUP/
 Source0:	http://www.cs.princeton.edu/%7Eappel/modern/java/CUP/java_cup_v10k.tar.gz
 Source1:	%{name}-build.xml
 BuildRequires:	ant
-# XXX the next line forces beehive to play nice
-BuildRequires:  xerces-j2, xml-commons-apis
 BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.5
 Group: 		Development/Java
 Buildarch:	noarch