diff --git a/frr.changes b/frr.changes
index 9302a23..3f23f57 100644
--- a/frr.changes
+++ b/frr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 17 11:45:00 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Make build a bit cheaper: do only BuildRequire the primary python
+  interpreter and its modules (python3-FOO) instead of all
+  available versions as done using %{python_module FOO}
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 28 11:05:48 UTC 2022 - Marius Tomaschewski <mt@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/frr.spec b/frr.spec
index 242ce65..eaa29f4 100644
--- a/frr.spec
+++ b/frr.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 %bcond_with     mininet
 %bcond_with     grpc
 
-%define skip_python2 1
-
 %define frr_user frr
 %define frr_group frr
 %define frrvty_group frrvty
@@ -47,15 +45,15 @@ Patch3:         0003-babeld-fix-10487-by-adding-a-check-on-packet-length.patch
 Patch4:         0004-babeld-fix-10502-10503-by-repairing-the-checks-on-le.patch
 Patch5:         0005-isisd-fix-router-capability-TLV-parsing-issues.patch
 Patch6:         0006-isisd-fix-10505-using-base64-encoding.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  bison >= 2.7
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
+BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 %if %{with mininet}
 BuildRequires:  mininet
 %endif