diff --git a/python-ruamel-yaml-clib.spec b/python-ruamel-yaml-clib.spec
index 8844299..06fdd15 100644
--- a/python-ruamel-yaml-clib.spec
+++ b/python-ruamel-yaml-clib.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-Cython
 
-Requires:       python3-setuptools
 Requires:       python3-ruamel-yaml
 
 %description -n python3-ruamel-yaml-clib
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ rmdir ruamel.yaml.clib
 * Wed May 03 2023 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 0.2.6-5
 - Confirm License is SPDX MIT
 - Reduce macro indirection, etc.
+- Drop unused manual runtime dependency on setuptools
 
 * Fri Jan 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.6-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild