diff --git a/al/al.spec b/al/al.spec
index f77b715467..37a65af5cc 100644
--- a/al/al.spec
+++ b/al/al.spec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Source0:      ftp://ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/al/al-%{version}.tar.gz
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030103, gcc
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030103
 PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20030103
 %if "%{with_ex}" == "yes"
 BuildPreReq:  ex