diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 9527179..c60d632 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 23 11:42:19 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Remove unzip BuildRequires: the tarball is proper gz compressed,
+  no zip files to decompress here.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul 22 01:33:08 UTC 2021 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index 1b92873..6d6e362 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyparsing >= 2.2.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires:  unzip
 Requires:       python-appdirs >= 1.4.3
 Requires:       python-base >= 3.6
 Requires:       python-ordered-set >= 3.1.1