diff --git a/spack.changes b/spack.changes
index be6e81c..499c13a 100644
--- a/spack.changes
+++ b/spack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  2 12:41:12 UTC 2022 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
+
+- Remove unneeded build dependency.
+- Make dependencies of spack and spack-recipes symetrical.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 10 13:58:04 UTC 2022 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/spack.spec b/spack.spec
index 360a7f8..a80fad2 100644
--- a/spack.spec
+++ b/spack.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 # These packages are found and can be used by spack, /etc/spack/packages-yaml
 # needs to be updated when one of these packages is updated or uninstalled.
 # Distinguish between packages we recommend and packages which
-%define spack_trigger_recommended autoconf bash bison bzip2 libzip-devel cmake-full ccache cpio diffutils findutils flex gcc gcc-c++ gcc-fortran git-lfs make m4 ncurses-devel libtool openssl-devel perl-base pkgconf pkg-config python3-base tar info xz xz-devel 
+%define spack_trigger_recommended autoconf bash bison bzip2 libzip-devel cmake-full ccache cpio diffutils findutils flex gcc gcc-c++ gcc-fortran git-lfs make m4 ncurses-devel libtool openssl-devel perl-base pkgconf pkg-config python3-base tar info xz xz-devel
 # packages recognized by spack, but not recommended
 %define spack_trigger_packages ghostscript go fish fzf hugo java-11-openjdk-devel java-14-openjdk-devel java-15-openjdk-devel java-16-openjdk-devel java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel ruby openmpi1-devel openmpi2-devel openmpi3-devel openmpi4-devel openmpi1-gnu-hpc-devel openmpi2-gnu-hpc-devel openmpi3-gnu-hpc-devel openmpi4-gnu-hpc-devel mvapich2-devel mpich-devel gcc7 gcc8 gcc9 gcc10 gcc11 gcc7-c++ gcc8-c++ gcc9-c++ gcc10-c++ gcc11-c++ gcc7-fortran gcc8-fortran gcc9-fortran gcc10-fortran gcc11-fortran
 # non oss packages
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Patch9:         Add-support-for-container-building-using-a-SLE-base-container.pa
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  lua-lmod
 BuildRequires:  polkit
-BuildRequires:  python-base
 BuildRequires:  python3-urllib3
 BuildRequires:  sudo
 BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ Requires:       sudo
 Requires:       tar
 Requires:       xz
 Recommends:     %spack_trigger_recommended
-Recommends:     spack-recipes = %version
 %else
 BuildRequires:  git
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ This package provides a module file that must be loaded to use spack.
 
 %package recipes
 Summary:        Spack built-in package recipes
-Requires:       %{name} >= %version
+Requires:       %{name} = %version
 
 %description recipes
 Spack is a configurable Python-based HPC package manager, automating
@@ -309,7 +307,7 @@ EOF
 
 # compile python files for python3
 # %%{buildroot}%%{spack_dir}/spack
-%py_compile .
+%py3_compile .
 
 # make shell scripts executeable
 find %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/spack/ -type f -name \*.sh  -exec chmod 755 {} \;