diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a78b18011..c9bc83738 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Depends: bsdextrautils | bsdmainutils,
  gettext-base,
 # for nroff and preconv
  groff-base,
- man-db,
 # for terminal definitions
  ncurses-base,
 # for kill
diff --git a/fish.spec.in b/fish.spec.in
index 3538dde22..8758edb69 100644
--- a/fish.spec.in
+++ b/fish.spec.in
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@ BuildRequires: glibc-langpack-en
 BuildRequires: python3 procps
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
-Requires:      terminfo-base
+Requires:      terminfo-base groff
 %else
-Requires:      ncurses-base
+Requires:      ncurses-base groff-base
 %endif
 Requires:      file
 Requires:      python3
-Requires:      man
 Requires:      procps
 
 # Although the build scripts mangle the version number to be RPM compatible