diff --git a/xcb-proto.changes b/xcb-proto.changes
index 5cc94c7..5de9367 100644
--- a/xcb-proto.changes
+++ b/xcb-proto.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 16 10:09:19 UTC 2017 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Shrink dep-chain: we only need a python interpreter, not the
+  entire devel suite. Replace python[23]-devel BuildRequires with
+  python[23]-base.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  1 15:09:24 UTC 2017 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/xcb-proto.spec b/xcb-proto.spec
index 2b28281..9ed1d14 100644
--- a/xcb-proto.spec
+++ b/xcb-proto.spec
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.57
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python2-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python2-base
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 
 %description
 The XCB protocol headers for X11 development. xcb-proto provides the