diff --git a/python-fakeredis.changes b/python-fakeredis.changes
index f8e04e4..6ec1ebc 100644
--- a/python-fakeredis.changes
+++ b/python-fakeredis.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 20 12:31:00 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Disable py2 as upstream actually disabled python2 support competely
+  * The syntax simply is not compatible
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 19 22:43:55 UTC 2020 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
 
diff --git a/python-fakeredis.spec b/python-fakeredis.spec
index 0034fe4..7fdb778 100644
--- a/python-fakeredis.spec
+++ b/python-fakeredis.spec
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-fakeredis
 Version:        1.3.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Fake implementation of redis API for testing purposes
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
-Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/jamesls/fakeredis
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/f/fakeredis/fakeredis-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module hypothesis}
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module future}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module hypothesis}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module lupa}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module redis}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six >= 1.12}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module sortedcontainers}
-#!BuildIgnore:	python2-pytest
-BuildRequires:  python2-pytest4
 # /SECTION
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -62,7 +60,8 @@ Fake implementation of redis API for testing purposes.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-python3 -m pytest
+export LANG="en_US.UTF8"
+%pytest
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.rst