diff --git a/python-urllib3.changes b/python-urllib3.changes
index 6cd1456..5951c38 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.changes
+++ b/python-urllib3.changes
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ Wed Oct 27 16:33:44 UTC 2015 - jmatejek@suse.com
 - removed python-certifi dependency, we don't want to use it
 - drop 0001-Don-t-pin-dependency-to-exact-version.patch because it's
   not needed anymore
-- re-enable tests, re-add dependencies
+- re-enable tests, re-add relevant dependencies
   * don't exclude test_util.py
   * exclude proxy timeout tests that fail for spurious reasons
 - urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch - use set_default_verify_paths()
   if no certificate path specified and verification not explicitly
   disabled
 - urllib3-test-ssl-drop-sslv3.patch - don't use "SSLv3" constants
-  as they are not supported in openssl (and conversely python) anymore
+  in python 2.7.9 and up
 - ready-event.patch - fix race conditions in timeout tests
+- drop %pre section because apparently "egg-info as file" is no longer
+  true and this breaks builds
+
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 14 09:35:30 UTC 2015 - toddrme2178@gmail.com
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index 8286513..dbfa34f 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -32,14 +32,12 @@ Patch2:         urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch
 Patch3:         urllib3-test-ssl-drop-sslv3.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM -- fix race conditions with ready_event state variable in timeout tests
 Patch4:         ready-event.patch
+#!BuildIgnore: python-requests
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-mock >= 1.3.0
 BuildRequires:  python-nose >= 1.3.7
 BuildRequires:  python-nose-exclude >= 0.4.1
 BuildRequires:  python-tornado >= 4.2.1
-BuildRequires:  python-tox >= 2.1.1
-BuildRequires:  python-twine >= 1.5.0
-BuildRequires:  python-wheel >= 0.24.0
 Requires:       python-pyOpenSSL
 Requires:       python-pyasn1
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -69,7 +67,9 @@ Highlights
 %setup -q -n urllib3-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%if %(python -c "import ssl; print(hasattr(ssl,'PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2'))") == "True"
 %patch3 -p1
+%endif
 %patch4 -p1
 
 %build
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ PYTHONPATH="%{buildroot}%{python_sitelib}" nosetests \
 	--exclude-test=test.with_dummyserver.test_proxy_poolmanager.TestHTTPProxyManager.test_https_proxy_timeout \
 	--exclude-test=test.with_dummyserver.test_proxy_poolmanager.TestHTTPProxyManager.test_https_proxy_pool_timeout
 
-%pre
+#%pre
 # previous versions of the package installed .egg-info as a directory,
 # the new update now installs it as a file. Clean out the directory, should it exist.
-if [ -d %{python_sitelib}/urllib3-%{version}-py*.egg-info ]; then
-  rm -rf %{python_sitelib}/urllib3-%{version}-py*.egg-info
-fi
+#if [ -d %{python_sitelib}/urllib3-%{version}-py*.egg-info ]; then
+#  rm -rf %{python_sitelib}/urllib3-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+#fi
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
diff --git a/urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch b/urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch
index 2fe6718..0d4c63e 100644
--- a/urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch
+++ b/urllib3-ssl-default-context.patch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Index: urllib3-1.12/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
              if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                  raise SSLError(e)
              raise
-+    elif cert_reqs != ssl.CERT_NONE:
++    elif cert_reqs != ssl.CERT_NONE and hasattr(context, 'set_default_verify_paths'):
 +        context.set_default_verify_paths()
  
      if certfile: