diff --git a/gdcm.spec b/gdcm.spec
index d9a69fe..213b68a 100644
--- a/gdcm.spec
+++ b/gdcm.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ BuildRequires:	mysql-devel
 BuildRequires:	openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:	openjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/pdflatex
-BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/pdfopt
 BuildRequires:	poppler-devel
 BuildRequires:	python2-devel
 BuildRequires:	postgresql-devel
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ rm -rf Utilities/wxWidgets
 	-DGDCM_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 	-DGDCM_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON \
 	-DGDCM_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON \
-	-DGDCM_PDF_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON \
+	-DGDCM_PDF_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=OFF \
 	-DGDCM_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON \
 	-DGDCM_WRAP_JAVA=OFF \
 	-DGDCM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON \
@@ -133,8 +132,7 @@ rm -rf Utilities/wxWidgets
 	-DGDCM_USE_SYSTEM_OPENSSL=ON \
 	-DGDCM_USE_JPEGLS=ON \
 	-DGDCM_USE_SYSTEM_JPEGLS=ON \
-	-DGDCM_USE_SYSTEM_POPPLER=ON \
-	-DGDCM_PDFOPT_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/pdfopt .
+	-DGDCM_USE_SYSTEM_POPPLER=ON \ .
 
 #Cannot build wrap_java:	
 #	-DGDCM_VTK_JAVA_JAR:PATH=/usr/share/java/vtk.jar no found! 
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ ctest .
 - Drop upstreamed patches
 - Added doc package
 - Various fixes to spec file
-- BR ghostscript for pdfopt
+- Dropped pdf documentation because cmake scripts still search for pdfopt
 
 * Mon Feb 4 2013 Mario Ceresa <mrceresa@fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.18-8
 - Added missing BR for pdflatex