diff --git a/python-ipykernel.changes b/python-ipykernel.changes
index d56795c..8e55be7 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.changes
+++ b/python-ipykernel.changes
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
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 Wed Sep 25 12:42:14 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
-- Always install the python3 kernelspec. The command replacement
-  was inactive since v6.13. A plain python command is transformed
-  correctly by the calling interpreter.
+- The command replacement for kernelspec python3 was inactive since
+  v6.13. A plain python command is transformed correctly by the
+  calling interpreter.
+- Conflict with old Python 3.6 package on SLE/Leap for python3
+  kernelspec
 
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 Fri Aug 30 09:27:37 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
diff --git a/python-ipykernel.spec b/python-ipykernel.spec
index b612c6e..43374a3 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.spec
+++ b/python-ipykernel.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Provides:       %{python_module jupyter_ipykernel-doc = %{version}}
 Obsoletes:      %{python_module jupyter_ipykernel-doc < %{version}}
 Provides:       %{python_module jupyter-ipykernel-doc = %{version}}
 Obsoletes:      %{python_module jupyter-ipykernel-doc < %{version}}
+%if %{suse_version} <= 1600
+# python311-ipykernel and python3-ipykernel cannot both provide the kernelspec
+Conflicts:      python3-ipykernel
+%endif
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # SECTION build-system
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
@@ -124,6 +128,8 @@ donttest="$donttest or test_do_apply"
 %{python_sitelib}/ipykernel-%{version}*-info
 %pycache_only %{python_sitelib}/__pycache__/ipykernel_launcher*.pyc
 %{_jupyter_kernel_dir}/python%{python_bin_suffix}
+%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{python_provides}" == "python3" || 0%{?suse_version} <= 1600
 %{_jupyter_kernel_dir}/python3
+%endif
 
 %changelog