diff --git a/hwloc.spec b/hwloc.spec
index 486a73a..4916d50 100644
--- a/hwloc.spec
+++ b/hwloc.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BuildRequires: cairo-devel
 BuildRequires: libpciaccess-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
-BuildRequires: libXNVCtrl-devel
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: transfig doxygen w3m
 BuildRequires: texlive-latex texlive-makeindex
@@ -175,6 +174,9 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/hwloc/.libs make check
 %{_libdir}/%{name}/hwloc*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 24 2021 Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 2.2.0-3
+- remove libXNVCtrl dependency
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild