diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 15dbc01..778fcbe 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Mon Dec  4 17:18:57 UTC 2017 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
   (fate#323526)
 - add hwinfo to the appliance packages for ntfs support.
   (bsc#1070976)
+- Don't run fdupes as it symlinks some of the python3 binding
+  files to their python2 equivalent
 
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 Wed Nov 22 16:22:39 UTC 2017 - cbosdonnat@suse.com
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index 0727044..d1f656d 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ BuildRequires:  bash-completion-devel >= 2.0
 %endif
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  bison
-BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  file-devel
 BuildRequires:  flex
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -660,7 +659,6 @@ rm -fv %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.a
 #
 touch %{name}.lang
 %find_lang %{name}
-%fdupes -s %{buildroot}/
 
 # Appliance NTFS files
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}