diff --git a/ecryptfs-utils.changes b/ecryptfs-utils.changes
index 0a36bdb..7ae720b 100644
--- a/ecryptfs-utils.changes
+++ b/ecryptfs-utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 21 09:53:30 UTC 2018 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- drop python2 support (needs to be replaced by python3 support)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 14 10:25:45 UTC 2017 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ecryptfs-utils.spec b/ecryptfs-utils.spec
index 739d94d..f23d273 100644
--- a/ecryptfs-utils.spec
+++ b/ecryptfs-utils.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pam-config
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkcs11-helper-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+#BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  swig
 BuildRequires:  trousers-devel
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/ecryptfs*
 %{_datadir}/ecryptfs-utils
 /%{_lib}/security/pam_ecryptfs.so
-%{python_sitelib}/ecryptfs-utils
-%{python_sitearch}/ecryptfs-utils
+#{python_sitelib}/ecryptfs-utils
+#{python_sitearch}/ecryptfs-utils
 %{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/modules-load.d
 %{_libexecdir}/modules-load.d/*