diff --git a/python-ncclient.changes b/python-ncclient.changes
index 3c5c119..3d84281 100644
--- a/python-ncclient.changes
+++ b/python-ncclient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 24 12:10:35 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- python-mock is not required for build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 14 17:35:29 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-ncclient.spec b/python-ncclient.spec
index c7dac52..fc68c0f 100644
--- a/python-ncclient.spec
+++ b/python-ncclient.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Requires:       python-setuptools > 0.6
 Requires:       python-six
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module lxml >= 3.3.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module paramiko >= 1.15.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}