diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 498f8a9..a6ae1b7 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 # Any bump here requires libtool rebuild, rhbz#1813010
 Version:    %{api_version}.5
-Release:    6%{?dist}
+Release:    7%{?dist}
 
 # docs ~> GFDL, sources ~> GPLv2+, mkinstalldirs ~> PD and install-sh ~> MIT
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL and Public Domain and MIT
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ BuildRequires: expect
 BuildRequires: flex
 BuildRequires: gcc-gfortran
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
-BuildRequires: java-devel
 BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: ncompress
 BuildRequires: sharutils
@@ -132,6 +131,9 @@ make -k %{?_smp_mflags} check %{?TESTS_FLAGS: TESTS="%{TESTS_FLAGS}"} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 12 2022 Frederic Berat <fberat@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-7
+- Remove java-devel from test related BuildRequires
+
 * Fri Jul 08 2022 Jiri Vanek <jvanek@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-6
 - Rebuilt for Drop i686 JDKs