diff --git a/python-paramiko.changes b/python-paramiko.changes
index 8ad5424..c8599e2 100644
--- a/python-paramiko.changes
+++ b/python-paramiko.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  8 07:44:16 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- do not require python-mock for build
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 18 22:52:45 UTC 2022 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/python-paramiko.spec b/python-paramiko.spec
index 1c4bef0..09405cb 100644
--- a/python-paramiko.spec
+++ b/python-paramiko.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Requires:       python-bcrypt >= 3.1.3
 Requires:       python-cryptography >= 2.5
 Requires:       python-pyasn1 >= 0.1.7
 BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ find demos -name "*.py" -exec sed -i "/#\!\/usr\/bin\/.*/d" {} \;
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
+# https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/issues/2027
+sed -i 's:from mock:from unittest.mock:' tests/test_*.py
 export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 %pytest