diff --git a/python-testtools.changes b/python-testtools.changes
index a79cf82..28e6e68 100644
--- a/python-testtools.changes
+++ b/python-testtools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  9 09:31:13 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- remove unittest2 runtime dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 16 10:57:59 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-testtools.spec b/python-testtools.spec
index 575cfb2..5ede5bc 100644
--- a/python-testtools.spec
+++ b/python-testtools.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Requires:       python-pbr >= 0.11
 Requires:       python-python-mimeparse
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.4.0
 Requires:       python-traceback2
-Requires:       python-unittest2 >= 1.1.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1000 || 0%{?fedora_version} >= 24
 Recommends:     python-fixtures >= 1.3.0
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ also ports recent unittest changes all the way back to Python 2.4.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n testtools-%{version}
+sed -i '/unittest2/d' requirements.txt setup.cfg
 
 %build
 %python_build