diff --git a/SPECS/nagios-plugins.spec b/SPECS/nagios-plugins.spec
index 0ec140e..9fcb684 100644
--- a/SPECS/nagios-plugins.spec
+++ b/SPECS/nagios-plugins.spec
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ BuildRequires: %{_bindir}/uptime
 BuildRequires: iputils
 BuildRequires: %{_bindir}/ps
 
-Requires: nagios-common >= 3.3.1-1
-
 Obsoletes: nagios-plugins-linux_raid < 1.4.16-11
 
 # nagios-plugins-1.4.16: the included gnulib files were last updated