diff --git a/python-falcon.changes b/python-falcon.changes
index e09403b..d62ca48 100644
--- a/python-falcon.changes
+++ b/python-falcon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 18 09:33:52 UTC 2024 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- remove unneeded build dependency python-ujson
+
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 Tue Jan  2 23:52:59 UTC 2024 - Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-falcon.spec b/python-falcon.spec
index e16aecd..dc785b9 100644
--- a/python-falcon.spec
+++ b/python-falcon.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-asyncio}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module testtools}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module ujson}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1550
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module httpx if (%python-base without python36-base)}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module uvicorn if (%python-base without python36-base)}