diff --git a/ipmctl.changes b/ipmctl.changes
index 4f9f3af..afe484d 100644
--- a/ipmctl.changes
+++ b/ipmctl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 10 14:28:25 UTC 2018 - rw@suse.com
+
+- Remove build dependency on python2.  [bsc#1111020]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 10 15:28:34 UTC 2018 - rw@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ipmctl.spec b/ipmctl.spec
index 391a1ea..48e92d7 100644
--- a/ipmctl.spec
+++ b/ipmctl.spec
@@ -15,25 +15,26 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 Name:           ipmctl
 Version:        01.00.00.3102
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Utility for managing Intel Optane DC persistent memory modules
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          System/Management
-URL:            https://github.com/intel/ipmctl
+Url:            https://github.com/intel/ipmctl
 Source:         https://github.com/intel/ipmctl/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
 Patch1:         ipmctl-fix-SLE12-build.patch
 
 Requires:       libipmctl2%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildRequires:  %{pythons}
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  python2
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libndctl)
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libndctl)
 Obsoletes:      ixpdimm-cli < 01.00.00.3000
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
 
@@ -48,10 +49,6 @@ Supports functionality to:
 * Track performance of PMMs.
 * Debug and troubleshoot PMMs.
 
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
-%patch1 -p1
-
 %package -n ipmctl-monitor
 Summary:        Daemon for monitoring the status of Intel PMM
 Group:          System/Monitoring
@@ -94,6 +91,10 @@ Obsoletes:      ixpdimm_sw-devel < 01.00.00.3000
 %description -n ipmctl-devel
 API for development of Intel Optane DC persistent memory management utilities.
 
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%patch1 -p1
+
 %build
 %cmake -DBUILDNUM=%{version} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/ \
     -DLINUX_PRODUCT_NAME=%{name} \