diff --git a/gitg.spec b/gitg.spec
index 2b175b5..d4cca0e 100644
--- a/gitg.spec
+++ b/gitg.spec
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/chrpath
 BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/desktop-file-validate
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gee-0.8)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmodule-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0) >= 0.10.1
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gmodule-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gsettings-desktop-schemas)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gthread-2.0) >= 2.38
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0) >= 3.10.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtksourceview-3.0) >= 3.10
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtkspell3-3.0) >= 3.0.3
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gthread-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtksourceview-3.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtkspell3-3.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgit2-glib-1.0) >= %{libgit2_glib_version}
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpeas-1.0) >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpeas-gtk-1.0) >= 1.5.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpeas-1.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpeas-gtk-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsecret-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
 %if ! 0%{?rhel}