diff --git a/smem.spec b/smem.spec
index bb9e141..da45312 100644
--- a/smem.spec
+++ b/smem.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Name:           smem
 Version:        1.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Report application memory usage in a meaningful way
 
 Group:          Applications/System
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://www.selenic.com/smem/
 Source0:        http://www.selenic.com/smem/download/smem-%{version}.tar.gz
-Requires:       kernel >= 2.6.27
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -46,6 +45,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man8/smem.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb 15 2013 Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@redhat.com> - 1.2-4
+- Drop the kernel Requires. Using Conflicts would have been acceptable,
+  but 2.6.27 is ancient history anyway.
+
 * Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild