diff --git a/antlr.spec b/antlr.spec
index d507475..b07b862 100644
--- a/antlr.spec
+++ b/antlr.spec
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  ant, perl, java-javadoc
-# XXX the next line forces beehive to play nice
-BuildRequires:  xerces-j2, xml-commons-apis
 Requires:       jpackage-utils
 
 %description