diff --git a/python-tqdm.changes b/python-tqdm.changes
index 6d77135..d0c08a8 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.changes
+++ b/python-tqdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 14 02:18:53 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- specfile:
+  * removed patch support_pandas_23_groupby.patch (included upstream)
+  * always run tests
+
+- update to version 4.23.4:
+  * Support pandas 0.23.0 core.groupby module layout (#555 -> #554)
+  * Add python_requires to help pip (#557)
+  * minor maintenance updates
+    + CI updates: drop travis py33 due to tox (tox-dev/tox#648)
+    + minor code tidy
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 17 18:52:40 UTC 2018 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-tqdm.spec b/python-tqdm.spec
index 38e8e7d..924b5f9 100644
--- a/python-tqdm.spec
+++ b/python-tqdm.spec
@@ -15,35 +15,30 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-%bcond_without  test
 %define         oldpython python
 Name:           python-tqdm
-Version:        4.23.3
+Version:        4.23.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        An extensible progress meter
 License:        MPL-2.0 AND MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Url:            https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm
+URL:            https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/t/tqdm/tqdm-%{version}.tar.gz
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM support_pandas_23_groupby.patch https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/pull/554
-Patch0:         support_pandas_23_groupby.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module rpm-macros}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-# SECTION test requirements
-%if %{with test}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pandas}
-%endif
-# /SECTION
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
-
+# SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pandas}
+# /SECTION
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -54,7 +49,6 @@ and does not require ncurses.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n tqdm-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1
 # fix installation directory for man pages
 sed -i 's#man/man1#share/man/man1#' setup.py
 
@@ -73,15 +67,12 @@ sed -i 's#man/man1#share/man/man1#' setup.py
 %postun
 %python_uninstall_alternative tqdm
 
-%if %{with test}
 %check
 %{python_expand export PATH="$PATH:%{buildroot}%{_bindir}"
 nosetests-%{$python_bin_suffix} --ignore-files="tests_perf\.py" --ignore-files="tests_synchronisation\.py" tqdm/
 }
-%endif
 
 %files %{python_files}
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc README.rst logo.png
 %doc examples/
 %license LICENCE
diff --git a/support_pandas_23_groupby.patch b/support_pandas_23_groupby.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b08457..0000000
--- a/support_pandas_23_groupby.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-From f22f9ed3bb224df538f438aa365dce3616e5cd50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: toddrme2178 <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 15:33:25 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Support pandas 0.23.0 `core.groupby` module layout
-
-`pandas.core.groupby` has been moved to `pandas.core.groupby.groupby` for pandas 0.23.0.  See pandas pull request [#20506](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/20506).
----
- tqdm/_tqdm.py | 15 +++++++++++----
- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm.py b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
-index ff551c97..749d9928 100755
---- a/tqdm/_tqdm.py
-+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
-@@ -539,16 +539,23 @@ def pandas(tclass, *targs, **tkwargs):
-         """
-         from pandas.core.frame import DataFrame
-         from pandas.core.series import Series
--        from pandas.core.groupby import DataFrameGroupBy
--        from pandas.core.groupby import SeriesGroupBy
--        from pandas.core.groupby import GroupBy
--        from pandas.core.groupby import PanelGroupBy
-         from pandas import Panel
-         try:
-             # pandas>=0.18.0
-             from pandas.core.window import _Rolling_and_Expanding
-         except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-             _Rolling_and_Expanding = None
-+        try:
-+            # pandas>=0.23.0
-+            from pandas.core.groupby.groupby import DataFrameGroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby.groupby import SeriesGroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby.groupby import GroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby.groupby import PanelGroupBy
-+        except ImportError:
-+            from pandas.core.groupby import DataFrameGroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby import SeriesGroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby import GroupBy
-+            from pandas.core.groupby import PanelGroupBy
- 
-         deprecated_t = [tkwargs.pop('deprecated_t', None)]
- 
diff --git a/tqdm-4.23.3.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.23.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f1e3b5..0000000
--- a/tqdm-4.23.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:ce205451a27b6050faed0bb2bcbea96c6a550f8c27cd2b5441d72e948113ad18
-size 99299
diff --git a/tqdm-4.23.4.tar.gz b/tqdm-4.23.4.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c75e48d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tqdm-4.23.4.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:77b8424d41b31e68f437c6dd9cd567aebc9a860507cb42fbd880a5f822d966fe
+size 104725