diff --git a/python-lxml.changes b/python-lxml.changes
index dfb5304..9e545f8 100644
--- a/python-lxml.changes
+++ b/python-lxml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  6 20:04:29 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip html5lib tests - cyclic dependency with html5lib tests
+- remove python 2.x from testing 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Aug 13 18:55:19 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-lxml.spec b/python-lxml.spec
index b762d3c..701e648 100644
--- a/python-lxml.spec
+++ b/python-lxml.spec
@@ -111,18 +111,9 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x
-%if 0%{?have_python2}
-%{python_expand # define python version for test:
-export PYTHON="$python"
-%make_build test
-}
-%endif
-%if 0%{?have_python3}
-%{python_expand # define python version for test:
-export PYTHON3="$python"
-%make_build test3
-}
-%endif
+# cyclic dependency between html5lib and lxml
+rm -v src/lxml/html/tests/test_html5parser.py
+%{python_expand PYTHON3="$python" %make_build test3}
 
 %install
 %python_install