diff --git a/pelican-4.9.1.tar.gz b/pelican-4.9.1-gh.tar.gz
similarity index 100%
rename from pelican-4.9.1.tar.gz
rename to pelican-4.9.1-gh.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-pelican.changes b/python-pelican.changes
index 8a46115..b820730 100644
--- a/python-pelican.changes
+++ b/python-pelican.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 26 10:49:06 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- reference github tarball
+- cleanup dependencies
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 19 16:49:31 UTC 2023 - Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@gmx.fr>
 
@@ -477,7 +483,7 @@ Sun Nov  9 16:39:39 UTC 2014 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep 20 15:02:41 UTC 2014 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr
 
-- add the requires as buildrequires to guarantee they are available 
+- add the requires as buildrequires to guarantee they are available
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 15 19:07:03 UTC 2014 - benoit.monin@gmx.fr
diff --git a/python-pelican.spec b/python-pelican.spec
index e4349fc..a67c9f2 100644
--- a/python-pelican.spec
+++ b/python-pelican.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define skip_python2 1
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-pelican
 Version:        4.9.1
 Release:        0
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ Summary:        A tool to generate a static blog from reStructuredText or Markdo
 License:        AGPL-3.0-only
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://getpelican.com/
-# Use the source instead of the pypi release for the tests
-# Source:         https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/archive/%%{version}.tar.gz
-Source:         pelican-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/archive/refs/tags/%{version}.tar.gz#/pelican-%{version}-gh.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Jinja2 >= 3.1.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pygments >= 2.16.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Unidecode >= 1.3.7}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module backports-zoneinfo >= 0.2.1 if %python_base < 3.9}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module blinker >= 1.7.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils >= 0.20.1}
@@ -55,9 +52,6 @@ Requires:       python-ordered-set >= 4.1.0
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil >= 2.8.2
 Requires:       python-rich >= 13.6.0
 Requires:       python-watchfiles >= 0.21.0
-%if "%{python_flavor}" < "python39"
-Requires:       python-backports-zoneinfo >= 0.2.1
-%endif
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 Suggests:       asciidoc