diff --git a/python-wcwidth.changes b/python-wcwidth.changes
index 12e2448..68b3a75 100644
--- a/python-wcwidth.changes
+++ b/python-wcwidth.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 12 14:12:58 UTC 2020 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
+
+- Remove nonsense keyword (breaks pytest)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 17 07:47:05 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-wcwidth.spec b/python-wcwidth.spec
index 5e5b66b..e0d41d5 100644
--- a/python-wcwidth.spec
+++ b/python-wcwidth.spec
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ release files, which this project aims to track.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n wcwidth-%{version}
 sed -i 's/--cov[-=a-z]*//g' tox.ini
+# this option is nonsense
+sed -i 's/looponfailroots.*//' tox.ini
 
 %build
 %python_build