diff --git a/obs-service-set_version.spec b/obs-service-set_version.spec
index d2b377a..7138445 100644
--- a/obs-service-set_version.spec
+++ b/obs-service-set_version.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Url:            https://github.com/openSUSE/obs-service-%{service}
 Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  python-packaging
 Requires:       sed
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch