diff --git a/python313.changes b/python313.changes
index 993f444..a57b072 100644
--- a/python313.changes
+++ b/python313.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 22 06:41:53 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Drop AppStream: this results in a different cycle than
+  appstream-glib. As the appdata.xml is controlled by ourselves, we
+  can get away with just manually validating it when changing it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 18 08:15:31 UTC 2025 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python313.spec b/python313.spec
index 821b4fa..32125b9 100644
--- a/python313.spec
+++ b/python313.spec
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@ ExcludeArch:    aarch64
 %endif
 
 %if %{with general}
-# required for idle3 (.desktop and .appdata.xml files)
-BuildRequires:  AppStream
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gdbm-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -780,7 +778,6 @@ install -m 644 -D -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications idle%{python_abi}.desk
 cp %{SOURCE20} idle%{python_abi}.appdata.xml
 sed -i -e 's:idle3.desktop:idle%{python_abi}.desktop:g' idle%{python_abi}.appdata.xml
 install -m 644 -D -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo idle%{python_abi}.appdata.xml
-appstreamcli validate --no-net %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/idle%{python_version}.appdata.xml
 
 %fdupes %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/python%{python_abi}
 %endif