diff --git a/python-jsons.changes b/python-jsons.changes
index 101eda6..dd0f350 100644
--- a/python-jsons.changes
+++ b/python-jsons.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jul 14 23:14:35 UTC 2024 - Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>
+
+- Drop tests/test_performance.py to fix emulated build on riscv64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jul  4 17:41:51 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/python-jsons.spec b/python-jsons.spec
index cb592fb..fac9a85 100644
--- a/python-jsons.spec
+++ b/python-jsons.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Python module for serializing Python objects to JSON (dicts) and back.
 %autosetup -p1 -n jsons-%{version}
 # Fix line endings
 sed -i 's/\r$//' README.md
+# Performance tests may fail, e.g., for riscv64 under emulation
+rm tests/test_performance.py
 
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel