diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 28e139f..aa422df 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 17 15:56:56 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildIgnore python[23]-pyparsing: python-packaging requires it
+  for some actions it could perform, but we don't make use of these
+  here. Ignoring this dependency allows us to break open a
+  BuildCycle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 13 09:26:50 UTC 2018 - Thomas Bechtold <tbechtold@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index fb83002..99a5b67 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-setuptools
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  unzip
+#!BuildIgnore:  python2-pyparsing
+#!BuildIgnore:  python3-pyparsing
 # needed for SLE
 Requires:       python
 Requires:       python-appdirs