diff --git a/python-cheetah.spec b/python-cheetah.spec
index 17ca881..17f1c63 100644
--- a/python-cheetah.spec
+++ b/python-cheetah.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-cheetah
 Version:        2.4.4
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        Template engine and code generator
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ BuildRequires: python-setuptools
 BuildRequires: python-markdown
 BuildRequires: python-pygments
 
-Requires: python-markdown
-Requires: python-pygments
-
 %description
 Cheetah is an open source template engine and code generation tool,
 written in Python. It can be used standalone or combined with other
@@ -86,6 +83,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{python_sitearch}/Cheetah-%{version}-*.egg-info/*.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jun 19 2014 Matthew Miller <mattdm@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.4-7
+- remove python-markdown and python-pygments hard dependencies
+
 * Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.4-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild