diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index 4f5c52d4437347863429cc8fc40b4683a55d93c5..cee2065a360dc084a2f18a096be1c2f6697b5dd2 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ BuildRequires: libattr-devel
 BuildRequires: libcurl-devel
 BuildRequires: libjpeg-devel
 BuildRequires: libpng-devel
-BuildRequires: brlapi-devel
 BuildRequires: pixman-devel
 BuildRequires: libusbx-devel
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
@@ -207,6 +206,7 @@ qemubuilddir="build"
     --disable-capstone \
     --disable-smartcard \
     --enable-zstd \
+    --disable-brlapi \
     --disable-plugins
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags} $buildldflags V=1