diff --git a/python-fasttext.spec b/python-fasttext.spec
index 410499b..1e0915d 100644
--- a/python-fasttext.spec
+++ b/python-fasttext.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define modname fastText
+# Using annotation futures and dataclasses
+%define skip_python36 1
 Name:           python-fasttext
 Version:        0.9.2
 Release:        0
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires:  (python3-dataclasses if python3-base < 3.7)
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pybind11 >= 2.2}