diff --git a/python-lxml.changes b/python-lxml.changes
index eb50871..5f42cd1 100644
--- a/python-lxml.changes
+++ b/python-lxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 15 18:40:33 UTC 2012 - saschpe@suse.de
+
+- BuildRequire libxml2-devel instead of pkconfi() to allow building
+  on SLE_11_SP2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  4 20:55:38 UTC 2012 - os-dev@jacraig.com
 
diff --git a/python-lxml.spec b/python-lxml.spec
index 19700f9..da8302c 100644
--- a/python-lxml.spec
+++ b/python-lxml.spec
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            http://lxml.de/
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/lxml/lxml-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        http://lxml.de/lxmldoc-%{version}.pdf
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxslt-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-Cython
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
diff --git a/python3-lxml.changes b/python3-lxml.changes
index ca88181..6d01006 100644
--- a/python3-lxml.changes
+++ b/python3-lxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 22 13:47:34 UTC 2012 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
+
+- Removed openSUSE 11.4 spec file workarounds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 24 08:06:22 UTC 2012 - highwaystar.ru@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python3-lxml.spec b/python3-lxml.spec
index 3d0bd0f..a40936a 100644
--- a/python3-lxml.spec
+++ b/python3-lxml.spec
@@ -30,15 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-Cython
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-
-%if 0%{?suse_version} <= 1140
-%{!?python3_sitearch: %global python3_sitearch %(python3 -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")}
-%{!?py3_ver: %global py3_ver %(python3 -c "import sys; version=str(sys.version_info[0]) + '.' + str(sys.version_info[1]); print(version)")}
-%endif
 Requires:       python(abi) = %{py3_ver}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} > 1140
-BuildRequires:  python3-base
-%endif
 
 %description
 lxml is a Pythonic, mature binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It