diff --git a/python-easydev-no-mock.patch b/python-easydev-no-mock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec77d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-easydev-no-mock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Index: easydev-0.12.0/test/test_appdirs.py
+===================================================================
+--- easydev-0.12.0.orig/test/test_appdirs.py	2020-06-03 19:27:51.000000000 +0200
++++ easydev-0.12.0/test/test_appdirs.py	2022-03-16 14:45:51.220342072 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+-import mock
++try:
++  from unittest.mock import patch
++except:
++  from mock import patch
+ 
+ def test_app():
+ 
+@@ -10,17 +13,17 @@ def test_app():
+         app.user_cache_dir
+         app.user_log_dir
+ 
+-    with mock.patch("sys.platform", "darwin"):
++    with patch("sys.platform", "darwin"):
+         from easydev import appdirs
+         app = appdirs.AppDirs("test")
+         getter(app)
+ 
+-    with mock.patch("sys.platform", "win32"):
++    with patch("sys.platform", "win32"):
+         from easydev import appdirs
+         app = appdirs.AppDirs("test")
+         getter(app)
+ 
+-    with mock.patch("sys.platform", "linux"):
++    with patch("sys.platform", "linux"):
+         from easydev import appdirs
+         app = appdirs.AppDirs("test")
+         getter(app)
diff --git a/python-easydev.changes b/python-easydev.changes
index 426996b..37fcf1b 100644
--- a/python-easydev.changes
+++ b/python-easydev.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 16 13:50:05 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- do not require python-mock for build
+- added patches
+  fix https://github.com/cokelaer/easydev/issues/20
+  + python-easydev-no-mock.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 16 04:01:51 UTC 2021 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-easydev.spec b/python-easydev.spec
index 2e86c2b..115a7e8 100644
--- a/python-easydev.spec
+++ b/python-easydev.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-easydev
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Summary:        Common utilities to ease the development of Python packages
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/cokelaer/easydev
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/e/easydev/easydev-%{version}.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/cokelaer/easydev/issues/20
+Patch0:         python-easydev-no-mock.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module colorama}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module colorlog}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module line_profiler}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pexpect}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-cov}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-mock}
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ is to help developers on speeding up their own dev. It has been used
 also as an incubator for other packages and is stable.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n easydev-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n easydev-%{version}
 sed -i -e '/^#!\//, 1d' easydev/appdirs.py
 
 %build