diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index a2a0dd9f83..edff8a196b 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+[[[WARNING! THIS IS NOT A REAL ANNOUNCEMENT! LYX 1.3.5 IS NOT RELEASED YET.
+   THIS IS JUST A FILE FOR DEVELOPPERS]]
+
 Public release of LyX version 1.3.5
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dc085e1834..478c3d0736 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-04  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* ANNOUNCE: add a big warning
+
 2004-09-28  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* README: update a bit
diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index 7e7557a9c8..919a1311e9 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-29  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* configure.in: 
+	* configure.ac: remove variable RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS
+
 2004-03-01  Zvezdan Petkovic  <zvezdan@cs.wm.edu>
 
 	* qt.m4 (QT_DO_IT_ALL): if the variables MOC or UIC are set, honor
diff --git a/config/configure.ac b/config/configure.ac
index 534da6102c..98405c7067 100644
--- a/config/configure.ac
+++ b/config/configure.ac
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ case "$lyx_use_frontend" in
 	LYX_PATH_XFORMS
 	LYX_CHECK_XFORMS_IMAGE_LOADER
 	FRONTEND="xforms"
-        RPM_FRONTEND="xforms"
-        RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='libforms >= 1.0'
+	RPM_FRONTEND="xforms"
 	FRONTEND_GUILIB="xforms/*.lo xforms/forms/*.lo"
 	FRONTEND_INCLUDES="-I\$(srcdir)/xforms"
 	FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
@@ -198,7 +197,6 @@ dnl	;;
   qt)
     QT_DO_IT_ALL
     RPM_FRONTEND="qt"
-    RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='qt >= 2.2.1'
     FRONTEND="qt2"
     FRONTEND_GUILIB="qt2/*.lo qt2/ui/*.lo qt2/moc/*.lo qt2/ui/moc/*.lo"
     FRONTEND_LDFLAGS="\$(QT_LDFLAGS)"
@@ -284,7 +282,6 @@ ${FRONTEND_INFO}\
 
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_INFO)
 AC_SUBST(RPM_FRONTEND)
-AC_SUBST(RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS)
 
 ## Some config.h stuff
 
diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
index 238e1499b9..cbaa926642 100644
--- a/config/configure.in
+++ b/config/configure.in
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ case "$lyx_use_frontend" in
 	LYX_PATH_XFORMS
 	LYX_CHECK_XFORMS_IMAGE_LOADER
 	FRONTEND="xforms"
-        RPM_FRONTEND="xforms"
-        RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='libforms >= 1.0'
+	RPM_FRONTEND="xforms"
 	FRONTEND_GUILIB="xforms/*.lo xforms/forms/*.lo"
 	FRONTEND_INCLUDES="-I\$(srcdir)/xforms"
 	FRONTEND_LIBS="@XFORMS_IMAGE_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ @XPM_LIB@"
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ dnl     FRONTEND_LIBS="@XPM_LIB@ @XFORMS_LIB@ ${GNOME_FRONTEND_LIBS}";;
   qt)
     QT_DO_IT_ALL
     RPM_FRONTEND="qt"
-    RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS='qt >= 2.2.1'
     FRONTEND="qt2"
     FRONTEND_GUILIB="qt2/*.lo qt2/ui/*.lo qt2/moc/*.lo qt2/ui/moc/*.lo"
     FRONTEND_LDFLAGS="\$(QT_LDFLAGS)"
@@ -292,7 +290,6 @@ ${FRONTEND_INFO}\
 
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_INFO)
 AC_SUBST(RPM_FRONTEND)
-AC_SUBST(RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS)
 
 ### Finish the work.
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(lib lib/reLyX)
diff --git a/development/ChangeLog b/development/ChangeLog
index 4569efd276..ca7eedd563 100644
--- a/development/ChangeLog
+++ b/development/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-29  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* lyx.spec.in: remove dependencies
+
 2003-11-07  Ronald Florence  <ron@18james.com>
 
 	* MacOSX/qt.patch: small tweak for Panther
diff --git a/development/lyx.spec.in b/development/lyx.spec.in
index 294fc87a85..f75d86718f 100644
--- a/development/lyx.spec.in
+++ b/development/lyx.spec.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 %define frontend @RPM_FRONTEND@
-%define frontdep @RPM_FRONTEND_DEPS@
 
 Summary: A WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) frontend to LaTeX
 Name: @PACKAGE@
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ Source: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 Icon: %{name}.xpm
 Prefix: %{_prefix}
-Requires: %{frontdep}, tetex-xdvi, tetex, tetex-latex
 Obsoletes: tetex-lyx
 
 %description