diff --git a/icinga2.spec b/icinga2.spec
index 7dd5406..7f9484b 100644
--- a/icinga2.spec
+++ b/icinga2.spec
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Recommends:     monitoring-plugins
 BuildRequires:  libyajl-devel
 %endif
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
+#BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "suse" && 0%{?suse_version} < 1210
 BuildRequires:  gcc48-c++