diff --git a/python-pytz.changes b/python-pytz.changes
index 40f67e9..973a403 100644
--- a/python-pytz.changes
+++ b/python-pytz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 14 07:55:05 UTC 2015 - mcihar@suse.cz
+
+- Do not remove internal timezone database on older distributions where 
+  it is still required
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan  7 09:06:56 UTC 2015 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-pytz.spec b/python-pytz.spec
index 1551e48..4ae3089 100644
--- a/python-pytz.spec
+++ b/python-pytz.spec
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ python setup.py build
 
 %install
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
-# Remove the pytz zoneinfo
+# Remove the pytz zoneinfo only if we use the system tz database
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1310
 rm -fr %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}/pytz/zoneinfo
+%endif
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}
 
 %check