diff --git a/python-urllib3.changes b/python-urllib3.changes
index fc22310..73e3e42 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.changes
+++ b/python-urllib3.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 21 06:23:36 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fixup pre script: the migration issue happens when changing from
+  python-urllib3 to python2-urllib3: the number of installed
+  instances of python2-urlliib3 is at this moment 1, unlike in
+  regular updates. This is due to a name change, which consists not
+  of a pure package update.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 20 07:33:55 UTC 2019 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-urllib3.spec b/python-urllib3.spec
index c223044..f02a1a3 100644
--- a/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -155,16 +155,14 @@ ln -s %{python3_sitelib}/rfc3986/ \
 
 %if ! %{with test}
 %pre -n python2-urllib3
-SITELIB=%{python2_sitelib}
-if [ "$1" -gt 1 ] ; then
-    CONFLICTED="${SITELIB}/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname"
-    if [ -d "$CONFLICTED" -a ! -L "$CONFLICTED" ] ; then
-        # Change from directory to symlink
-        rm -rfv "$CONFLICTED"
-        ln -s ../../backports/ssl_match_hostname \
-          $CONFLICTED
-   fi
-fi
+  SITELIB=%{python2_sitelib}
+  CONFLICTED="${SITELIB}/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname"
+  if [ -d "$CONFLICTED" -a ! -L "$CONFLICTED" ] ; then
+      # Change from directory to symlink
+      rm -rfv "$CONFLICTED"
+      ln -s ../../backports/ssl_match_hostname \
+        $CONFLICTED
+  fi
 %endif
 
 %if %{with test}