diff --git a/python-sip.changes b/python-sip.changes
index 570936f..aaf81c5 100644
--- a/python-sip.changes
+++ b/python-sip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 25 20:08:40 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Remove old skip_python2
+- %{?sle15_python_module_pythons} must be declared before first
+  use of %python_module
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 10 09:45:54 UTC 2023 - ecsos <ecsos@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-sip.spec b/python-sip.spec
index 911cc12..aa8dd5b 100644
--- a/python-sip.spec
+++ b/python-sip.spec
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 #
 
 
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 # Default is sip6 for all distributions. Be sure to branch both python-sip6 and python-sip into
 # any project using this metapackge.
 %define sipN sip6
 # Assume that all installed python flavors have the same version
 %define Nversion %(rpm -q --qf '%%{version}' --whatprovides $(echo %{python_module %{sipN}-devel}| cut -d " " -f 1))
-%define skip_python2 1
 %define plainpython python
-%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-sip
 Version:        %{Nversion}
 Release:        0