diff --git a/python-gevent.changes b/python-gevent.changes
index d9bd0a4..45ec186 100644
--- a/python-gevent.changes
+++ b/python-gevent.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 18 14:17:34 UTC 2011 - saschpe@suse.de
+
+- Cython should not be needed, gevent is build as a binary module
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 19 12:23:20 UTC 2011 - saschpe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-gevent.spec b/python-gevent.spec
index 034eab1..72ba8cf 100644
--- a/python-gevent.spec
+++ b/python-gevent.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/gevent/gevent-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  python-cython
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
 BuildRequires:  libevent-devel
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
@@ -53,14 +52,11 @@ out the list of the open source projects based on gevent.
 %setup -q -n gevent-%{version}
 
 %build
-CFLAGS="%{optflags}" cython setup.py build
+CFLAGS="%{optflags}" python setup.py build
 
 %install
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
 
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS changelog.rst LICENSE LICENSE.pyevent README.rst TODO doc examples