diff --git a/python-jsonschema.changes b/python-jsonschema.changes
index eb0d6b5..7e575db 100644
--- a/python-jsonschema.changes
+++ b/python-jsonschema.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 18 05:58:05 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Remove build dependency on vcversioner
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 16 16:17:12 UTC 2019 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-jsonschema.spec b/python-jsonschema.spec
index da5e60d..a57fbb8 100644
--- a/python-jsonschema.spec
+++ b/python-jsonschema.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Url:            http://github.com/Julian/jsonschema
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/j/jsonschema/jsonschema-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module vcversioner >= 2.16.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 %if %{with python2}
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ for Python (supporting 2.6+ including Python 3).
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n jsonschema-%{version}
+sed -i '/vcversioner/d' setup.py
 
 %build
 %python_build