diff --git a/seamonkey.changes b/seamonkey.changes
index 8a3e549..30fa537 100644
--- a/seamonkey.changes
+++ b/seamonkey.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  8 17:35:05 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Replace python-devel and python2-xml BuildRequires with
+  python3-base: the build log already contains
+     Creating Python 3 environment
+  i.e, python2 was not used anymore (boo#1219739).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 18 00:10:28 UTC 2024 - Tristan Miller <psychonaut@nothingisreal.com>
 
diff --git a/seamonkey.spec b/seamonkey.spec
index 1266972..aa2eb2b 100644
--- a/seamonkey.spec
+++ b/seamonkey.spec
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libwebp-devel >= 1.0.0
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  memory-constraints
-BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python2-xml
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  startup-notification-devel
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files