diff --git a/python-websockify.changes b/python-websockify.changes
index 4d73973..63d6a6a 100644
--- a/python-websockify.changes
+++ b/python-websockify.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jul 22 08:19:00 UTC 2017 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- drop dependency on pyOpenSSL, seems unused (bsc#1049987)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May  2 20:48:32 UTC 2016 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-websockify.spec b/python-websockify.spec
index 1ce3861..f31d5e4 100644
--- a/python-websockify.spec
+++ b/python-websockify.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-websockify
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -30,14 +30,9 @@ BuildRequires:  unzip
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 Recommends:     python-numpy
 %endif
-Requires:       python-pyOpenSSL
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-%else
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%endif
 
 %description
 websockify was formerly named wsproxy and was part of the