diff --git a/python-csvkit.changes b/python-csvkit.changes
index 8c58265..1f01cb3 100644
--- a/python-csvkit.changes
+++ b/python-csvkit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 10 15:37:29 UTC 2018 - mcepl@suse.com
+
+- Remove unnecessary unittest2 dependency
+  (Patch remove-unittest2.patch makes necessary changes)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 29 11:52:04 UTC 2018 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/python-csvkit.spec b/python-csvkit.spec
index 496b2f9..e09e634 100644
--- a/python-csvkit.spec
+++ b/python-csvkit.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            https://github.com/wireservice/csvkit
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/csvkit/csvkit-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         remove-unittest2.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module SQLAlchemy >= 0.9.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx >= 1.0.7}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module aenum}
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module coverage >= 3.5.1b1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose >= 1.1.2} 
 BuildRequires:  python-mock >= 1.3.0
-BuildRequires:  python-unittest2 >= 1.1.0
 # /SECTION
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Aaron Bycoffe.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n csvkit-%{version}
+%autopatch -p1
 # find and remove unneeded shebangs
 find csvkit -name "*.py" | xargs sed -i '1 {/^#!/ d}'
 
diff --git a/remove-unittest2.patch b/remove-unittest2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..944c7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove-unittest2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+--- a/tests/test_utilities/test_csvjson.py
++++ b/tests/test_utilities/test_csvjson.py
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ 
+ import json
+ import sys
++import unittest
+ 
+ import six
+ 
+@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ except ImportError:
+ from csvkit.utilities.csvjson import CSVJSON, launch_new_instance
+ from tests.utils import CSVKitTestCase, EmptyFileTests
+ 
++if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRegex'):
++    setattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRegex', unittest.TestCase.assertRegexpMatches)
++
++if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRaisesRegex'):
++    setattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRaisesRegex', unittest.TestCase.assertRaisesRegexp)
+ 
+ class TestCSVJSON(CSVKitTestCase, EmptyFileTests):
+     Utility = CSVJSON
+--- a/tests/test_utilities/test_csvstat.py
++++ b/tests/test_utilities/test_csvstat.py
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ #!/usr/bin/env python
+ 
+ import sys
++import unittest
+ 
+ import agate
+ 
+@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ except ImportError:
+ from csvkit.utilities.csvstat import CSVStat, launch_new_instance
+ from tests.utils import CSVKitTestCase, ColumnsTests, EmptyFileTests, NamesTests
+ 
++if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRegex'):
++    setattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertRegex', unittest.TestCase.assertRegexpMatches)
+ 
+ class TestCSVStat(CSVKitTestCase, ColumnsTests, EmptyFileTests, NamesTests):
+     Utility = CSVStat