diff --git a/python-SQLAlchemy.changes b/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
index b7e7a96..8206838 100644
--- a/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
+++ b/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 12 13:50:11 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- drop unnecessary mypy dependency
+
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 Thu May  4 15:48:19 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
index efe80d8..b4b25ec 100644
--- a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
+++ b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Requires:       python-importlib-metadata
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module greenlet > 0.4.17}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module importlib-metadata}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mypy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 4.4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-xdist}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing_extensions >= 4.2.0}