diff --git a/libbpf.changes b/libbpf.changes
index e6026b8..736db50 100644
--- a/libbpf.changes
+++ b/libbpf.changes
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Thu Mar 10 18:28:17 UTC 2022 - Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
 - Enable building and packaging of static library.
   Explicitly enable fat LTO objects.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  7 11:52:14 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Python is not used during build; remove it and help break
+  a cycle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  4 10:18:54 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libbpf.spec b/libbpf.spec
index 8b097bb..895059d 100644
--- a/libbpf.spec
+++ b/libbpf.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source:         https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{n
 Source99:       baselibs.conf
 BuildRequires:  libelf-devel
 BuildRequires:  linux-glibc-devel >= 4.5
-BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 
 %description