Does lalpulsar really need fftw-static?

In the RHEL packaging for liblalpulsar-devel there is a requirement on fftw-static added by @paul-hopkins in 6cb96a63:

%package -n lib%{name}-devel
Summary: Files and documentation needed for compiling programs that use LAL Pulsar
Group: LAL
Requires: lib%{name} = %{version}-%{release}
Requires: cfitsio-devel
Requires: fftw-devel
Requires: fftw-static                                                                 <-- HERE
Requires: gsl-devel
Requires: liblal-devel >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
Requires: liblalframe-devel >= @MIN_LALFRAME_VERSION@

Is this really necessary?