diff --git a/python-Mathics.changes b/python-Mathics.changes
index b17705d..f218aa1 100644
--- a/python-Mathics.changes
+++ b/python-Mathics.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 29 13:13:53 UTC 2025 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Drop llvmlite optional requirement for tests; fixes test flavour
+  builds for Tumbleweed which are incompatible with latest
+  llvmlite.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug 31 04:44:06 UTC 2025 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Mathics.spec b/python-Mathics.spec
index 4e3953a..980e7a9 100644
--- a/python-Mathics.spec
+++ b/python-Mathics.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Mathics = %{version}}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow >= 9.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pint}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module chardet}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module llvmlite}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module palettable}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module scikit-image >= 0.17}