diff --git a/obs-service-set_version.changes b/obs-service-set_version.changes
index 874b6f2..114c584 100644
--- a/obs-service-set_version.changes
+++ b/obs-service-set_version.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  3 07:21:33 UTC 2017 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- try to avoid python-packaging to support non-SUSE distros
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 27 12:48:11 UTC 2017 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/obs-service-set_version.spec b/obs-service-set_version.spec
index 5c71bc1..80731f6 100644
--- a/obs-service-set_version.spec
+++ b/obs-service-set_version.spec
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Url:            https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-%{service}
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     python-packaging
-%else
-Requires:       python-packaging
 %endif
 Requires:       sed
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build