diff --git a/systemtap.changes b/systemtap.changes
index a93a6fd..e1bf13e 100644
--- a/systemtap.changes
+++ b/systemtap.changes
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
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-Wed Jul 21 12:51:32 CEST 2010 - vuntz@opensuse.org
-
-- Add python Requires to sdt-devel subpackage since dtrace is a
-  python script.
-
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 Thu Mar 11 23:56:17 UTC 2010 - tonyj@novell.com
 
diff --git a/systemtap.spec b/systemtap.spec
index eb4a29b..ae93b08 100644
--- a/systemtap.spec
+++ b/systemtap.spec
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Debuggers
 Summary:        Static probe support tools
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       python
 
 %description sdt-devel
 SystemTap is an instrumentation system for systems running Linux 2.6.