diff --git a/python-packaging.spec b/python-packaging.spec
index 46d3c68..dbd0066 100644
--- a/python-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-packaging.spec
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ Core utilities for Python packages
 # sdist must provide a packaging.egg-info, used below in install phase
 test -d packaging.egg-info
 
+# FIXME: drop this on the next release after 19.1
+sed -i '/^attrs/d' packaging.egg-info/requires.txt
+
 %build
 %python_build