diff --git a/rspamd.changes b/rspamd.changes
index d63f5a9..65ed703 100644
--- a/rspamd.changes
+++ b/rspamd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  4 09:18:43 UTC 2022 - Wolfgang Rosenauer <wr@rosenauer.org>
+
+- pcre2 is required; so removing any conditions around it
+  to fix build for Leap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar 26 17:02:38 UTC 2022 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/rspamd.spec b/rspamd.spec
index 957346f..f48ae9b 100644
--- a/rspamd.spec
+++ b/rspamd.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
   %bcond_without openblas
-  %bcond_with    pcre2
 %endif
 
 # fails to build atm
@@ -94,10 +93,7 @@ BuildRequires:  lua-devel
 %if %{with openblas}
 BuildRequires:  openblas-devel
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  pcre-devel
-%if %{with pcre2}
 BuildRequires:  pcre2-devel
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fmt)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.28
@@ -225,9 +221,7 @@ export CXX="g++-%{?force_gcc_version}"
   %if %{with utils}
   -DENABLE_UTILS=ON                         \
   %endif
-  %if %{with pcre2}
   -DENABLE_PCRE2=ON                         \
-  %endif
   %if %{with jemalloc}
   -DENABLE_JEMALLOC=ON                      \
   %endif