diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index f0a3367..2c75afa 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
 Name: gsl
 Version: 1.15
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0: gsl-1.10-lib64.patch
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ Group: System Environment/Libraries
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: atlas-devel
-Requires: atlas
 
 %description
 The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for
@@ -99,6 +98,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 27 2011 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com> - 1.15-3
+- resolves: #741138
+  removed unnecessary Requires: atlas
+
 * Mon May  9 2011 Ivana Hutarova Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> - 1.15-2
 - resolves: #695148
   link gsl against atlas package for blas operations