diff --git a/skopeo.spec b/skopeo.spec
index 7f6acbb..7d69e13 100644
--- a/skopeo.spec
+++ b/skopeo.spec
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@ Source0: %{git0}/archive/%{built_tag}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires: go-md2man
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
 BuildRequires: git
-%if (0%{?debian} && 0%{?debian} <= 11) || (0%{?ubuntu} && 0%{?ubuntu} <= 2004)
-BuildRequires: golang-1.16
-%else
 BuildRequires: golang
-%endif
 BuildRequires: libassuan-dev
 BuildRequires: libbtrfs-dev
 BuildRequires: libglib2.0-dev