diff --git a/efl.spec b/efl.spec
index e2921cf87ee115a3f428bc9ba146d0ede3e736e8..8962959e4762d1aff5ead2fd5b61674ffdeadd99 100644
--- a/efl.spec
+++ b/efl.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:             efl
 Version:          1.25.1
-Release:          3
+Release:          4
 Summary:          Collection of Enlightenment libraries
 License:          BSD and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2 and zlib
 URL:              https://enlightenment.org/
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BuildRequires:    libXext-devel libXfixes-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-deve
 BuildRequires:    libXrender-devel libXScrnSaver-devel libXtst-devel libXcursor-devel
 BuildRequires:    libXp-devel libXi-devel mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libEGL-devel
 BuildRequires:    libblkid-devel libmount-devel systemd-devel harfbuzz-devel
-BuildRequires:    libwebp-devel tslib-devel SDL2-devel SDL-devel c-ares-devel
+BuildRequires:    libwebp-devel tslib-devel SDL2-devel c-ares-devel check-devel
 BuildRequires:    libxkbcommon-devel uuid-devel libxkbcommon-x11-devel avahi-devel
 BuildRequires:    pkgconfig(poppler-cpp) >= 0.12 pkgconfig(libspectre) pkgconfig(libraw)
 BuildRequires:    pkgconfig(librsvg-2.0) >= 2.14.0 pkgconfig(cairo) >= 1.0.0 ibus-devel
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ chmod 644 src/bin/edje/edje_cc_out.c
 %{_libdir}/libexactness*.so 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 28 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.25.1-4
+- drop unused sdl requires
+
 * Mon Aug 05 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.25.1-3
 - Build ecore_sdl versioned so. So efl no longer requires efl-devel