diff --git a/compizconfig-python.spec b/compizconfig-python.spec
index 4269077..18883e3 100644
--- a/compizconfig-python.spec
+++ b/compizconfig-python.spec
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x ppc64
 BuildRequires:  libcompizconfig-devel >= %{basever}
 BuildRequires:  Pyrex
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
-BuildRequires:  autoconf
-BuildRequires:  automake
-BuildRequires:  libtool
+BuildRequires:  mate-common
 
 # prevent rpm's auto-generated provides mechanism to include private
 # libraries
@@ -61,6 +59,7 @@ find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name "*.a" -o -name "*.la" | xargs rm -f
 - update to 0.8.9
 - new upstream is at https://github.com/raveit65/compizconfig-python
 - remove upstream patches
+- use BuildRequires mate-common
 
 * Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1:0.8.4-13
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild