diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index f517e8c..59b71d3 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 17 20:35:06 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Remove runtime dependency for the full python3 package, as the
+  actually required SSL module is in python3-base. For python(2),
+  SSL is in the "full" python package. Avoids build loops and
+  shortens the dependency chain for e.g. rust.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 16 13:58:35 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index 7f4eeb2..fff6316 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  unzip
-# needed for SLE
+# The dependency download feature may require SSL, which is in python3-base and python(2)
+%ifpython2
 Requires:       python
+%endif
 Requires:       python-appdirs
+Requires:       python-base
 Requires:       python-ordered-set
 Requires:       python-packaging
 Requires:       python-six