diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.changes b/python-oci-sdk.changes
index 6e992b9..81b1c36 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.changes
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.changes
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Fri May 31 11:56:51 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.c
     termination of pipelines in the Data Science service
   * Support for backup and replacement of master, utility, and edge nodes in the Big Data service
   * Support for nested resource principal in the Data Science service
+- clean up rpmlintrc and remove unnecessary requirement for sseclient Python module
 
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 Wed May 15 08:34:56 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.rpmlintrc b/python-oci-sdk.rpmlintrc
index 44ab3d3..5b783bb 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.rpmlintrc
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.rpmlintrc
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@ addFilter("python-leftover-require python[0-9]+-httpsig_cffi")
 addFilter("python-leftover-require python[0-9]+-requests")
 addFilter("python-leftover-require python[0-9]+-six")
 addFilter("python-leftover-require python[0-9]+-urllib3")
-# python2 only: rpmlint does not understand the python marker yet
-addFilter("python-missing-require configparser")
diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.spec b/python-oci-sdk.spec
index b2f6d66..0648a72 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.spec
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Requires:       python-PyJWT
 Requires:       python-httpsig_cffi
 Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-six
-Requires:       python-sseclient
 Requires:       python-urllib3 < 2
 # /SECTION
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil >= 2.5.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz >= 2016.10}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module sseclient}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 < 2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module vcrpy >= 2.0.1}
 %if %{with python2}