diff --git a/python-urllib3.changes b/python-urllib3.changes
index f3f1b18..2d04530 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.changes
+++ b/python-urllib3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 20 08:19:15 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Do not use ifpython2 for BRs where it does not work
+
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 Mon Aug 20 08:13:30 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index 87e3e06..fe8ae17 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Recommends:     python-idna
 Recommends:     python-ndg-httpsclient
 Recommends:     python-pyOpenSSL
 %endif
+BuildRequires:  python2-ipaddress
 %ifpython2
-BuildRequires:  python-ipaddress
 Requires:       python-ipaddress
 %endif
 %python_subpackages