diff --git a/python-cx_Freeze.changes b/python-cx_Freeze.changes
index 5de4ecd..a7233ff 100644
--- a/python-cx_Freeze.changes
+++ b/python-cx_Freeze.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 17 02:53:48 UTC 2021 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Add remove-nose.patch:
+  * Use pytest rather than nose in one test case. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 27 09:36:53 UTC 2020 - Petr Gajdos <pgajdos@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-cx_Freeze.spec b/python-cx_Freeze.spec
index 629fb32..05d2130 100644
--- a/python-cx_Freeze.spec
+++ b/python-cx_Freeze.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-cx_Freeze
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ License:        Python-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/anthony-tuininga/cx_Freeze
 Source:         https://github.com/anthony-tuininga/cx_Freeze/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         remove-nose.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.5}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
-# imports nose in one test
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module openpyxl}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ BuildRequires:  chrpath
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 # we provide same binary like the deprecated py2 variant
 Conflicts:      %{oldpython}-cx_Freeze
 %python_subpackages
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ other systems.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n cx_Freeze-%{version}
+%autopatch -p1
 sed -i -e '/^#!\//, 1d' cx_Freeze/samples/*/*.py
 chmod a-x cx_Freeze/initscripts/*.py
 
diff --git a/remove-nose.patch b/remove-nose.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..661a996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove-nose.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Index: cx_Freeze-6.0/test/test_misc.py
+===================================================================
+--- cx_Freeze-6.0.orig/test/test_misc.py
++++ cx_Freeze-6.0/test/test_misc.py
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ from os.path import join as pjoin
+ import sys
+ 
+-from nose.tools import assert_raises
++from pytest import raises
+ 
+ from cx_Freeze.freezer import process_path_specs, ConfigError
+ 
+@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ def test_process_path_specs():
+                     (pjoin(rootdir, 'foo', 'qux'), pjoin('baz', 'xyz'))]
+ 
+ def test_process_path_specs_bad():
+-    with assert_raises(ConfigError):
++    with raises(ConfigError):
+         process_path_specs([(pjoin(rootdir, 'foo'), pjoin(rootdir, 'bar'))])
+     
+-    with assert_raises(ConfigError):
+-        process_path_specs([('a', 'b', 'c')])
+\ No newline at end of file
++    with raises(ConfigError):
++        process_path_specs([('a', 'b', 'c')])