diff --git a/coreutils.changes b/coreutils.changes
index 55f816d..db25dfd 100644
--- a/coreutils.changes
+++ b/coreutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  8 12:19:30 UTC 2022 - Stephan Kulow <coolo@suse.com>
+
+- Remove python2 from buildrequires - appears to be a left over
+
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 Tue Aug  2 11:05:45 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 2f1cc15..0516330 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc-PIE
 BuildRequires:  acl
 BuildRequires:  gdb
 BuildRequires:  perl-Expect
-BuildRequires:  python
 BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  python3-pyinotify
 BuildRequires:  strace