diff --git a/libreoffice.spec b/libreoffice.spec
index d03d9ac..2982d24 100644
--- a/libreoffice.spec
+++ b/libreoffice.spec
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ BuildRequires: mdds-devel >= 0.8.1
 %endif
 BuildRequires: mesa-libGLU-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
-BuildRequires: mysql-connector-c++-devel
 BuildRequires: mythes-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires: neon-devel
@@ -1041,7 +1040,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS=$ARCH_FLAGS
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %if 0%{?rhel} < 7
-%define distrooptions --disable-graphite --without-system-mythes --without-system-mdds --without-junit --without-system-redland --disable-ext-mysql-connector --without-system-libexttextcat --without-system-libcdr --without-system-libwps --without-system-libwpd --without-system-libwpg --without-system-libcmis --without-system-clucene --without-system-libvisio --without-system-lcms2 --without-system-libmspub --without-system-orcus --without-system-liblangtag --without-system-boost --enable-gstreamer-0-10 --disable-gstreamer --disable-postgresql-sdbc --with-servlet-api-jar=/usr/share/java/apache-tomcat-apis/tomcat-servlet2.5-api.jar --enable-python=system --with-system-hsqldb
+%define distrooptions --disable-graphite --without-system-mythes --without-system-mdds --without-junit --without-system-redland --without-system-libexttextcat --without-system-libcdr --without-system-libwps --without-system-libwpd --without-system-libwpg --without-system-libcmis --without-system-clucene --without-system-libvisio --without-system-lcms2 --without-system-libmspub --without-system-orcus --without-system-liblangtag --without-system-boost --enable-gstreamer-0-10 --disable-gstreamer --disable-postgresql-sdbc --with-servlet-api-jar=/usr/share/java/apache-tomcat-apis/tomcat-servlet2.5-api.jar --enable-python=system --with-system-hsqldb
 %ifarch s390 s390x
 %define archoptions --disable-sdremote-bluetooth
 %endif