diff --git a/ast_drop-compatible-releases-operator.patch b/ast_drop-compatible-releases-operator.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b77ba..0000000
--- a/ast_drop-compatible-releases-operator.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nru serverless-application-model-1.11.0.orig/requirements/base.txt serverless-application-model-1.11.0/requirements/base.txt
---- serverless-application-model-1.11.0.orig/requirements/base.txt	2019-04-26 00:03:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ serverless-application-model-1.11.0/requirements/base.txt	2019-07-10 14:43:48.484197605 +0200
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
--boto3~=1.5
--enum34~=1.1; python_version<"3.4"
--jsonschema~=2.6
--six~=1.11
-+boto3>=1.5
-+enum34>=1.1; python_version<"3.4"
-+jsonschema>=2.6
-+six>=1.11
- 
diff --git a/python-aws-sam-translator.changes b/python-aws-sam-translator.changes
index 4ea90c7..d388a00 100644
--- a/python-aws-sam-translator.changes
+++ b/python-aws-sam-translator.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 22 10:13:19 UTC 2019 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
+
+- Disable tests on SLE-12 as the testsuite is
+  incompatible with Python 3.4
+- Drop patch to support older versions of setuptools as
+  SLE-12 is now shipping with a recent enough version
+  + ast_drop-compatible-releases-operator.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 19 13:07:21 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-aws-sam-translator.spec b/python-aws-sam-translator.spec
index 31c0865..e1aab41 100644
--- a/python-aws-sam-translator.spec
+++ b/python-aws-sam-translator.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-aws-sam-translator
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 #
 
 
+# Disable tests on SLE-12 due to issues with Python 3.4
+# see: https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/issues/1255
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
+%bcond_with test
+%else
+%bcond_without test
+%endif
+
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-aws-sam-translator
 Version:        1.11.0
@@ -23,9 +31,8 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        AWS SAM template to AWS CloudFormation template translator
 License:        Apache-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Url:            https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model
+URL:            https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model
 Source:         https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/serverless-application-model-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch:          ast_drop-compatible-releases-operator.patch
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
 BuildRequires:  python
 %endif
@@ -64,7 +71,6 @@ templates into AWS CloudFormation templates
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n serverless-application-model-%{version}
-%patch -p1
 sed -i -e '1s|#!/usr/bin/env python2|#!/usr/bin/python3|' bin/sam-translate.py
 
 %build
@@ -77,9 +83,11 @@ sed -i -e '1s|#!/usr/bin/env python2|#!/usr/bin/python3|' bin/sam-translate.py
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 install -D -m 644 bin/sam-translate.py %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/sam-translate
 
+%if %{with test}
 %check
 export LANG=en_US.UTF8
 %pytest
+%endif
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.md