diff --git a/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec b/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
index 04ff605e..d306c00e 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/recoll.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Group:          Applications/Databases
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 License:	GPL
 
-BuildRequires: libqt4-devel zlib-devel-static libxapian-devel libuuid-devel
+BuildRequires: libqt4-devel zlib-devel libxapian-devel libuuid-devel
 
 %description
 Recoll is a personal full text search package for Linux, FreeBSD and