diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 665e13353..7ba59b10a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ver 0.20.5 (not yet released)
 * tags
   - id3: fix memory leak on corrupt ID3 tags
+* decoder
+  - sidplay: don't require libsidutils when building with libsidplayfp
 
 ver 0.20.4 (2017/02/01)
 * input
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a53913a2d..06d593383 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_VORBIS_DECODER, test x$enable_vorbis = xyes || test x$enab
 dnl --------------------------------- sidplay ---------------------------------
 if test x$enable_sidplay != xno; then
 	dnl Check for libsidplayfp first
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SIDPLAY], [libsidplayfp libsidutils],
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SIDPLAY], [libsidplayfp],
 		[found_sidplayfp=yes],
 		[found_sidplayfp=no])
 	found_sidplay=$found_sidplayfp