diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 1277a1e..93020ad 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.10.0
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: https://subversion.apache.org/
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ install -p -m 644 $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/svnserve.sysconf \
 make install-tools DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT toolsdir=%{_bindir}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/diff* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/x509-parser
 
+# Don't add spurious dependency in libserf-devel
+sed -i "/^Requires.private/s, serf-1, ," \
+    $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/pkgconfig/libsvn_ra_serf.pc
+
 # Make svnauthz-validate a symlink
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/svnauthz-validate
 ln -s svnauthz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/svnauthz-validate
@@ -520,6 +524,9 @@ make check-javahl
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May  1 2018 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.10.0-4
+- drop -devel dep on libserf-devel
+
 * Tue Apr 24 2018 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 1.10.0-3
 - add bdb, tests as build conditional