diff --git a/python-setuptools_scm.changes b/python-setuptools_scm.changes
index f3034ce..e6cdd2d 100644
--- a/python-setuptools_scm.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools_scm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan  5 15:56:43 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch
+  * gh#pypa/setuptools_scm#953
+  * don't warn if setuptools_scm is present but not directly used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 27 11:40:15 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools_scm.spec b/python-setuptools_scm.spec
index 11f06be..30f85e3 100644
--- a/python-setuptools_scm.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools_scm.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -33,13 +33,12 @@ Summary:        Python setuptools handler for SCM tags
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch gh#pypa/setuptools_scm#953 -- don't warn if setuptools_scm is present but not directly used
+Patch0:         setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module build}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging >= 20.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 45}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module tomli >= 1}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing-extensions}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 61}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module tomli if %python-base < 3.11}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -52,9 +51,9 @@ Requires:       python-tomli >= 1
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
 # Testing requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module build}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm = %{version}}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module virtualenv > 20}
 BuildRequires:  git-core
 BuildRequires:  mercurial
 %endif
@@ -83,9 +82,7 @@ in SCM metadata. It also handles file finders for the supperted SCMs.
 %check
 # pip download needs network
 donttest="test_pip_download"
-# tested file not installed into sitelib. Yes the test is named that way.
-donttest+=" or test_git_archhival_from_unfiltered"
-%pytest -k "not ($donttest)"
+%pytest -rsEf -k "not ($donttest)"
 %endif
 
 %if !%{with test}
diff --git a/setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch b/setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b5df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setuptools-scm-issue953-nowarn.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/953
+
+--- setuptools-scm-8.0.4.orig/src/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py
++++ setuptools-scm-8.0.4/src/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py
+@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@
+     try:
+         config = _config.Configuration.from_file(dist_name=dist_name)
+     except LookupError as e:
+-        log.warning(e)
++        log.info(e)
+     else:
+         _assign_version(dist, config)