--- rpm-5.4.9/lib/rpmfc.c.drop_deps~	2012-05-07 22:41:45.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-5.4.9/lib/rpmfc.c	2012-05-15 01:58:00.071056896 +0200
@@ -1696,6 +1696,65 @@ static int rpmfcGenerateScriptletDeps(co
     return rc;
 }
 
+static void removeSillyDeps(Header h) {
+    HE_t he = memset(alloca(sizeof(*he)), 0, sizeof(*he));
+    int xx, i, rnum, removed = 0;
+    const char **deps = NULL;
+    const char **versions = NULL;
+    evrFlags *flags = NULL;
+
+    he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME;
+    xx = headerGet(h, he, 0);
+    deps = he->p.argv;
+    rnum = he->c;
+
+    he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION;
+    xx = headerGet(h, he, 0);
+    versions = he->p.argv;
+
+    he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS;
+    xx = headerGet(h, he, 0);
+    flags = (evrFlags*)he->p.ui32p;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < rnum-removed; i++) {
+	if (removed) {
+	    deps[i] = deps[i+removed];
+	    versions[i] = versions[i+removed];
+	    flags[i] = flags[i+removed];
+	}
+	rpmds req = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, deps[i], versions[i], flags[i]);
+	rpmds prov = rpmdsNew(h, (*deps[i] == '/' && !*versions[i]) ? RPMTAG_BASENAMES : RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME, 0);
+	if (rpmdsMatch(req, prov)) {
+	    if (flags[i] & RPMSENSE_SCRIPT_PRE)
+		rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, "Requires(pre): on dependency provided by self: %s\n", rpmdsDNEVR(req));
+	    else {
+		rpmlog(RPMLOG_NOTICE, "Removing dependency on self: %s\n", rpmdsDNEVR(req));
+		removed++;
+		i--;
+	    }
+	}
+	req = rpmdsFree(req);
+	prov = rpmdsFree(prov);
+    }
+    if (removed) {
+	he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME;
+	he->t = RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE;
+	he->p.argv = deps;
+	he->c -= removed;
+	headerMod(h, he, 0);
+
+	he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION;
+	he->p.argv = versions;
+	headerMod(h, he, 0);
+
+	he->tag = RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS;
+	he->t = RPM_UINT32_TYPE;
+	he->p.ui32p = (uint32_t*)flags;
+	headerMod(h, he, 0);
+    }
+
+}
+
 rpmRC rpmfcGenerateDepends(void * _spec, void * _pkg)
 {
     HE_t he = (HE_t) memset(alloca(sizeof(*he)), 0, sizeof(*he));
@@ -1729,6 +1788,7 @@ rpmRC rpmfcGenerateDepends(void * _spec,
     if (internaldeps == 0) {
 	/* ... then generate dependencies using %{__find_requires} et al. */
 	rc = rpmfcGenerateDependsHelper(spec, pkg, fi);
+	removeSillyDeps(pkg->header);
 	printDeps(pkg->header);
 	return rc;
     }
@@ -1946,6 +2006,8 @@ assert(ac == (int)he->c);
 	xx = headerPut(pkg->header, he, 0);
     }
 
+    removeSillyDeps(pkg->header);
+
     printDeps(pkg->header);
 
 if (fc != NULL && _rpmfc_debug) {