diff --git a/python-pytest-services.changes b/python-pytest-services.changes
index d38e3b9..d993846 100644
--- a/python-pytest-services.changes
+++ b/python-pytest-services.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 24 11:37:28 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Do not pull in mysql for tests we actually skip anyway
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 15 10:37:18 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pytest-services.spec b/python-pytest-services.spec
index 8dc0457..bb1a177 100644
--- a/python-pytest-services.spec
+++ b/python-pytest-services.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pytest-services
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-services
 Source:         https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-services/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mysqlclient}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module psutil}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pylibmc}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
@@ -53,6 +52,8 @@ processes for your tests with pytest.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pytest-services-%{version}
+# we don't test mysql anway
+sed -i -e '/import MySQLdb/d' tests/test_plugin.py
 
 %build
 %python_build