diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index e143fe803766613faee21f3d0c0d112e4f9eb9a1..23791b26209777bb0377793ebfeecfe09905ba37 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: qemu
 Version: 6.2.0
-Release: 35
+Release: 36
 Epoch: 2
 Summary: QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
 License: GPLv2 and BSD and MIT and CC-BY-SA-4.0
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: bison
 BuildRequires: texinfo
 BuildRequires: perl-podlators
-BuildRequires: kernel
 BuildRequires: chrpath
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: python-sphinx
@@ -707,6 +706,9 @@ getent passwd qemu >/dev/null || \
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 26 2022 Jun Yang <jun.yang@suse.com> - 2:6.2.0-36
+- Remove unnecessary dependency of kernel package
+
 * Sat May 21 2022 yezengruan <yezengruan@huawei.com> - 2:6.2.0-35
 - hw/intc/arm_gicv3: Check for !MEMTX_OK instead of MEMTX_ERROR (CVE-2021-3750)
 - softmmu/physmem: Simplify flatview_write and address_space_access_valid