diff --git a/autoconf.spec b/autoconf.spec
index 6a9cc6c..451ca4d 100644
--- a/autoconf.spec
+++ b/autoconf.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
 Name:       autoconf
 Version:    2.69
-Release:    3%{?dist}
+Release:    4%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL
 Group:      Development/Tools
 Source:     http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ BuildRequires:      perl(Data::Dumper)
 %if %{with check}
 # For extended testsuite coverage
 BuildRequires:      gcc-gfortran
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 15
 BuildRequires:      erlang
 %endif
+%endif
 
 Requires(post):     /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun):    /sbin/install-info
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ fi
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING* ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 13 2012 Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com> 2.69-4
+- don't require erlang in RHEL
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.69-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild