diff --git a/hplip.changes b/hplip.changes
index de41c32..d0134c5 100644
--- a/hplip.changes
+++ b/hplip.changes
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Mon Mar 16 13:40:14 UTC 2020 - Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
 
 - Use LSB fallback if distro determination fails (bsc#1166623)
-  * Add patch: Use-lsb_release-fallback-code-if-import-distro-fails.patch 
+  * Add patch: Use-lsb_release-fallback-code-if-import-distro-fails.patch
+- Removed python3-distro dependency again, not necessary any more.
 
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 Mon Mar 16 09:15:53 UTC 2020 - Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@suse.com>
diff --git a/hplip.spec b/hplip.spec
index 66fc4d0..059dff7 100644
--- a/hplip.spec
+++ b/hplip.spec
@@ -157,13 +157,6 @@ Obsoletes:      hplip17
 Provides:       hplip3 = 3.9.5
 Obsoletes:      hplip3 < 3.9.5
 Recommends:     python3-reportlab
-# hp-toolbox needs the Python module 'distro'
-# (actually /usr/share/hplip/base/password.py calls "import distro")
-# which is since Python 3.8 provided by the RPM package python3-distro.
-# We only recommend python3-distro so that hplip can still be installed
-# also on systems with Python < 3.8 (e.g. older systems)
-# cf. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166623
-Recommends:     python3-distro
 %if 0%{?with_new_pycups}
 # All printer driver packages should have "BuildRequires: cups-rpm-helper"
 # for automatic generation of Provides: tags.