diff --git a/python-distributed.changes b/python-distributed.changes
index a9727e4..0989140 100644
--- a/python-distributed.changes
+++ b/python-distributed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 12 14:30:57 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip python 36 build 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  8 14:32:23 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-distributed.spec b/python-distributed.spec
index 7f28d1d..d2c0587 100644
--- a/python-distributed.spec
+++ b/python-distributed.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
 %define skip_python2 1
+%define skip_python36 1
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-distributed%{psuffix}
 Version:        2021.2.0