diff --git a/python-pyparsing.changes b/python-pyparsing.changes
index c2def46..6efa560 100644
--- a/python-pyparsing.changes
+++ b/python-pyparsing.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 28 09:57:56 UTC 2018 - Martin Pluskal <mpluskal@suse.com>
+
+- Drop doc subpackage as it leads to circular dependencies on some
+  releases
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 22 17:53:10 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pyparsing.spec b/python-pyparsing.spec
index 03e376d..eb4853d 100644
--- a/python-pyparsing.spec
+++ b/python-pyparsing.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 %define oldpython python
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-
 %global flavor @BUILD_FLAVOR@%{nil}
 %if "%{flavor}" == "test"
 %bcond_without test
@@ -38,19 +37,17 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pyparsing/pyparsing/
 # Upstream tarball from the master branch with gh#pyparsing/pyparsing#47
 Source:         pyparsing-%{version}.tar.gz
-# Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pyparsing/pyparsing-%%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
+# Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pyparsing/pyparsing-%%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  python2-unittest2
-BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
-%if %{with test}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-%endif
 # do not add dependencies on setuptools and ideally not even full "python";
 # this is now a dependency of setuptools
 Requires:       python-base
 BuildArch:      noarch
+
 %ifpython2
 Provides:       %{oldpython}-parsing = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{oldpython}-parsing < %{version}
@@ -63,20 +60,11 @@ simple grammars, vs. the traditional lex/yacc approach, or the use of regular
 expressions. The pyparsing module provides a library of classes that client
 code uses to construct the grammar directly in Python code.
 
-%package -n %{name}-docs
-Summary:        Documentation files for %name
-Group:          Documentation/HTML
-
-%description -n %{name}-docs
-HTML Documentation and examples for %name.
-
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pyparsing-2.3.1
 
 %build
 %python_build
-# export PYTHONPATH=..:../examples
-python3 setup.py build_sphinx -v
 
 %install
 %if ! %{with test}
@@ -103,9 +91,4 @@ export PYTHONPATH=.:example
 %{python_sitelib}/pyparsing-%{version}-py*.egg-info/
 %endif
 
-%files -n %{name}-docs
-%if ! %{with test}
-%doc examples build/sphinx/html
-%endif
-
 %changelog