diff --git a/openscap.changes b/openscap.changes
index f2d4e55..58efb29 100644
--- a/openscap.changes
+++ b/openscap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 13:41:36 UTC 2018 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- disable scap-as-rpm binary to avoid python2 dependency. (bsc#1082135)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 13:44:24 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/openscap.spec b/openscap.spec
index 5ea2221..52b03a9 100644
--- a/openscap.spec
+++ b/openscap.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package openscap
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ make check %{?_smp_mflags} || :
 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 find %{buildroot} -name "*.la" -delete
 
+# last python2 user in oscap-utils ... needs porting to python3
+rm %{buildroot}/usr/bin/scap-as-rpm
+
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_fillupdir}
 install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_initrddir}
 install -p -m 755 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_initrddir}/oscap-scan
@@ -303,7 +306,8 @@ ln -s  %{_datadir}/openscap/scap-yast2sec-xccdf.xml $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/
 %{_bindir}/oscap-vm
 %{_bindir}/oscap-ssh
 %{_bindir}/oscap-chroot
-%{_bindir}/scap-as-rpm
+# currently not shipped as it is still python2
+#{_bindir}/scap-as-rpm
 %config %{_sysconfdir}/bash_completion.d/*
 
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