diff --git a/python-nltk.spec b/python-nltk.spec
index 842ad5f..1d34cb5 100644
--- a/python-nltk.spec
+++ b/python-nltk.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 %{!?python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define pyname nltk
+%define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-nltk
 Version:        3.5
 Release:        0