diff --git a/xmlsec1.spec b/xmlsec1.spec
index 75d85a6..83fc0f9 100644
--- a/xmlsec1.spec
+++ b/xmlsec1.spec
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ Requires: libxml2-devel%{?_isa} >= 2.6.0
 Requires: libxslt-devel%{?_isa} >= 1.1.0
 Requires: openssl-devel%{?_isa} >= 0.9.6
 Requires: zlib-devel%{?_isa}
-# pkgconfig deps are automatic in Fedora and EL>=6
-%if 0%{?rhel} == 5
-Requires: pkgconfig
-%endif
 
 %description devel
 Libraries, includes, etc. you can use to develop applications with XML Digital