diff --git a/python-gobject.changes b/python-gobject.changes
index a158eb2..a28385d 100644
--- a/python-gobject.changes
+++ b/python-gobject.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 31 21:56:03 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Remove %{python_module gobject-devel = %{version}} from
+  common-devel: Assuming that consumers of the .pc and include
+  headers are not really using the python bindings.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 11 20:21:51 UTC 2020 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-gobject.spec b/python-gobject.spec
index c6b3b8e..419a75d 100644
--- a/python-gobject.spec
+++ b/python-gobject.spec
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ addon libraries such as pygtk.
 %package -n %{name}-common-devel
 Summary:        Shared development files for GObject's Python bindings
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Requires:       %{python_module gobject-devel = %{version}}
 Requires:       glib2-devel >= 2.38.0
 Requires:       gobject-introspection-devel >= 1.46.0
 Requires:       libffi-devel >= 3.0.0