diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index d124a7ce45..379cf0d9be 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@ capabilities of VirtualBox
 %package client
 Summary: Client side utilities of the libvirt library
 Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: readline
 # Needed by /usr/libexec/libvirt-guests.sh script.
 Requires: gettext
 # Needed by virt-pki-validate script.
@@ -918,7 +917,6 @@ Shared libraries for accessing the libvirt daemon.
 %package admin
 Summary: Set of tools to control libvirt daemon
 Requires: %{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: readline
 %if %{with_bash_completion}
 Requires: %{name}-bash-completion = %{version}-%{release}
 %endif