diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 16faf33f2..6ced12699 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -404,11 +404,14 @@ Requires: kernel-modules-uname-r = %{KVERREL}%{?variant}
 BuildRequires: kmod, patch, bash, tar, git-core
 BuildRequires: bzip2, xz, findutils, gzip, m4, perl-interpreter, perl-Carp, perl-devel, perl-generators, make, diffutils, gawk
 BuildRequires: gcc, binutils, redhat-rpm-config, hmaccalc, bison, flex
-BuildRequires: net-tools, hostname, bc, elfutils-devel, gcc-plugin-devel
+BuildRequires: net-tools, hostname, bc, elfutils-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 # Used to mangle unversioned shebangs to be Python 3
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pathfix.py
 %endif
+%if %{with_headers}
+BuildRequires: rsync
+%endif
 %if %{with_doc}
 BuildRequires: xmlto, asciidoc, python3-sphinx
 %endif