diff --git a/python-sybil.changes b/python-sybil.changes
index 3f7ac13..9737fa7 100644
--- a/python-sybil.changes
+++ b/python-sybil.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 26 22:38:48 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Remove irrelevant and invalid runtime dependencies
+- Set pytest as a Recommends
+- Remove unnecessary build dependencies
+- Simplify %check routine
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 21 13:01:18 UTC 2018 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sybil.spec b/python-sybil.spec
index ee4c88c..a68fc74 100644
--- a/python-sybil.spec
+++ b/python-sybil.spec
@@ -26,26 +26,14 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Url:            https://github.com/cjw296/sybil
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/sybil/sybil-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         sybil-pytest4.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pkginfo}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 3.5.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-coveralls}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools-git}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module twine}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module virtualenv}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Suggests:       python-python-coveralls
+Recommends:     python-pytest
 Suggests:       python-nose
-Suggests:       python-pytest
-Suggests:       python-sphinx
-Suggests:       python-pkginfo
-Suggests:       python-setuptools-git
-Suggests:       python-twine
-Suggests:       python-wheel
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %python_subpackages
@@ -59,6 +47,7 @@ test runners.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n sybil-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
+sed -i '/build=/d;/coveralls/d' setup.py
 
 %build
 %python_build
@@ -68,12 +57,7 @@ test runners.
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-sed -i -e "s/'coveralls'/'python-coveralls'/" setup.py
-%{python_expand virtualenv-%$python_bin_suffix --system-site-packages --no-download testvenv-%$python_bin_suffix
-testvenv-%$python_bin_suffix/bin/pip install -e .[test,build]
-export PYTHONPATH=$PWD/testvenv-%$python_bin_suffix/lib/python%$python_bin_suffix/site-packages/:$PWD
-testvenv-%$python_bin_suffix/bin/python -m pytest && rm -Rf testvenv-%$python_bin_suffix
-}
+%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib} $python -m pytest
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.rst docs/changes.rst