diff --git a/no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch b/no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4550c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+ pyproject.toml |    7 ++-----
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["hatchling>=1.5", "hatch-nodejs-version"]
++requires = ["hatchling>=1.5"]
+ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+ 
+ [project]
+ name = "nbformat"
+-dynamic = ["version"]
++version = "@@@"
+ description = "The Jupyter Notebook format"
+ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+ keywords = ["Interactive", "Interpreter", "Shell", "Web"]
+@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ test = [
+ [project.scripts]
+ jupyter-trust = "nbformat.sign:TrustNotebookApp.launch_instance"
+ 
+-[tool.hatch.version]
+-source = "nodejs"
+-
+ [tool.hatch.envs.docs]
+ features = ["docs"]
+ [tool.hatch.envs.docs.scripts]
diff --git a/no-pep440.patch b/no-pep440.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..321f096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-pep440.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+ pyproject.toml    |    3 +--
+ tests/test_api.py |    5 -----
+ 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+Index: nbformat-5.9.2/pyproject.toml
+===================================================================
+--- nbformat-5.9.2.orig/pyproject.toml
++++ nbformat-5.9.2/pyproject.toml
+@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ test = [
+     "testpath",
+     "pytest",
+     "pre-commit",
+-    "pep440"
+ ]
+ 
+ [project.scripts]
+Index: nbformat-5.9.2/tests/test_api.py
+===================================================================
+--- nbformat-5.9.2.orig/tests/test_api.py
++++ nbformat-5.9.2/tests/test_api.py
+@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+ from typing import Any, Dict
+ 
+ from jsonschema import ValidationError
+-from pep440 import is_canonical
+ 
+ from nbformat import __version__ as nbf_version
+ from nbformat import current_nbformat, read, write, writes
+@@ -20,10 +19,6 @@ from nbformat.validator import isvalid
+ from .base import TestsBase
+ 
+ 
+-def test_canonical_version():
+-    assert is_canonical(nbf_version)
+-
+-
+ class TestAPI(TestsBase):
+     def test_read(self):
+         """Can older notebooks be opened and automatically converted to the current
diff --git a/python-nbformat.changes b/python-nbformat.changes
index 95878bd..ca8795c 100644
--- a/python-nbformat.changes
+++ b/python-nbformat.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 26 18:38:02 UTC 2023 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Actually remove pep440 from test requirements
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 26 18:09:45 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Add no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch to remove dependency on
+  hatch-nodejs-version
+- Add no-pep440.patch to remove unnecessary checking for the
+  validity of the package version number.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Aug  5 16:29:03 UTC 2023 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-nbformat.spec b/python-nbformat.spec
index e131948..7c9ea64 100644
--- a/python-nbformat.spec
+++ b/python-nbformat.spec
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/jupyter/nbformat
 Source:         https://github.com/jupyter/nbformat/releases/download/v%{version}/nbformat-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch mcepl@suse.com
+# We don’t need hatch-nodejs-version dependency
+Patch0:         no-hatch-nodejs-version.patch
+# PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE no-pep440.patch mcepl@suse.com
+# We don’t need pep440 check either
+Patch1:         no-pep440.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module hatch_nodejs_version}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module hatchling >= 1.5}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -50,7 +55,6 @@ Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module fastjsonschema}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jsonschema > 2.6}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jupyter_core}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pep440}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module testpath}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module traitlets >= 5.1}
@@ -65,8 +69,8 @@ and Python APIs for working with notebooks.
 This package provides the python interface.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n nbformat-%{version}
-sed -i 's/--color=yes//' pyproject.toml
+%autosetup -p1 -n nbformat-%{version}
+sed -i -e 's/--color=yes//' -e 's/\@\@\@/%{version}/' pyproject.toml
 
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel