diff --git a/python311.changes b/python311.changes
index c2ddfe2..6a31432 100644
--- a/python311.changes
+++ b/python311.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 19 14:38:03 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Drop AppStream buildrequires and don't run appstreamcli validate
+  as part of the build process: the appdata.xml is not updated by
+  source directly, so we have more contol. Having Appstream or the
+  deprecated appstream-glib result in a build cycle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 18 08:15:31 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python311.spec b/python311.spec
index ad48945..88c360e 100644
--- a/python311.spec
+++ b/python311.spec
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-python-docs-theme >= 2022.1
 %endif
 %endif
 %if %{with general}
-# required for idle3 (.desktop and .appdata.xml files)
-BuildRequires:  AppStream
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -685,7 +683,6 @@ install -m 644 -D -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications idle%{python_version}.
 cp %{SOURCE20} idle%{python_version}.appdata.xml
 sed -i -e 's:idle3.desktop:idle%{python_version}.desktop:g' idle%{python_version}.appdata.xml
 install -m 644 -D -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo idle%{python_version}.appdata.xml
-appstreamcli validate --no-net %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/idle%{python_version}.appdata.xml
 
 %fdupes %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/python%{python_version}
 %endif