diff --git a/python-blinker-remove-nose.patch b/python-blinker-remove-nose.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79f1783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-blinker-remove-nose.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Index: blinker-1.4/tests/test_signals.py
+===================================================================
+--- blinker-1.4.orig/tests/test_signals.py	2015-07-23 13:34:42.000000000 +0200
++++ blinker-1.4/tests/test_signals.py	2020-07-08 15:07:17.109435209 +0200
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import time
+ 
+ import blinker
+ 
+-from nose.tools import assert_raises
++import pytest
+ 
+ 
+ jython = sys.platform.startswith('java')
+@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def test_meta_connect_failure():
+         pass
+     sig = blinker.Signal()
+ 
+-    assert_raises(TypeError, sig.connect, receiver)
++    pytest.raises(TypeError, sig.connect, receiver)
+     assert not sig.receivers
+     assert not sig._by_receiver
+     assert sig._by_sender == {blinker.base.ANY_ID: set()}
+@@ -487,9 +487,4 @@ def values_are_empty_sets_(dictionary):
+     for val in dictionary.values():
+         assert val == set()
+ 
+-if sys.version_info < (2, 5):
+-    def test_context_manager_warning():
+-        sig = blinker.Signal()
+-        receiver = lambda sender: None
+ 
+-        assert_raises(RuntimeError, sig.connected_to, receiver)
diff --git a/python-blinker.changes b/python-blinker.changes
index 258a175..4ce8816 100644
--- a/python-blinker.changes
+++ b/python-blinker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  8 13:23:59 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- use pytest instead of deprecated nose
+- added patches
+  https://github.com/jek/blinker/pull/60
+  + python-blinker-remove-nose.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  6 11:24:47 UTC 2018 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-blinker.spec b/python-blinker.spec
index 623714e..c29220a 100644
--- a/python-blinker.spec
+++ b/python-blinker.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-blinker
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://pythonhosted.org/blinker/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/blinker/blinker-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
+# https://github.com/jek/blinker/pull/60
+Patch0:         python-blinker-remove-nose.patch
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ This sub-package contains the HTML documentation.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n blinker-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 # remove unneded doc file that trigger rpmlint
 rm docs/html/objects.inv
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ rm docs/html/objects.inv
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-%python_exec %{_bindir}/nosetests-%{$python_bin_suffix}
+%pytest
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE