diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 00d6f7f71b08e31dfb02354dd16a8e9e0ad96ea7..a7296b3e5f971ffa14678adedfda4f073526f9ac 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ URL: https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/
 
 Requires: slurm-plugins
 
-%ifnos aix
-BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
-%endif
 %ifos linux
 BuildRequires: python
 %endif