diff --git a/swtpm.changes b/swtpm.changes
index bb99628..75020d1 100644
--- a/swtpm.changes
+++ b/swtpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  2 09:55:28 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- remove python3 dependency, no longer needed after rewrite (bsc#1211010)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 21 12:45:54 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/swtpm.spec b/swtpm.spec
index b555a02..c5fabe8 100644
--- a/swtpm.spec
+++ b/swtpm.spec
@@ -47,14 +47,12 @@ BuildRequires:  libtasn1-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  libtpms-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python3-cryptography
 BuildRequires:  selinux-policy-devel
 BuildRequires:  selinux-policy-targeted
 BuildRequires:  socat
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 Requires:       iproute2
-Requires:       python3-cryptography
 Requires:       (%{name}-selinux if selinux-policy-base)
 Requires(pre):  user(tss)