diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 61a65082156c48cf5b67efd2a7a876a17a21c68a..d6fd71222111b46dc24d1495602ba7c87dc8a5b6 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ Perl tool to print SLURM job state information.
 %package pam_slurm
 Summary: PAM module for restricting access to compute nodes via SLURM.
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Requires: slurm
-BuildRequires: slurm-devel pam-devel
+Requires: slurm slurm-devel pam-devel
 %description pam_slurm
 This module restricts access to compute nodes in a cluster where the Simple
 Linux Utility for Resource Managment (SLURM) is in use.  Access is granted