diff --git a/python-ipykernel.changes b/python-ipykernel.changes
index 52dbd28..e9f3518 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.changes
+++ b/python-ipykernel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 28 12:08:06 UTC 2021 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Skip pickle tests to get rid of ipyparallel dependency which we 
+  don't want in Ring1 stagings
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 23 08:22:28 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-ipykernel.spec b/python-ipykernel.spec
index e2509ef..2e179eb 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.spec
+++ b/python-ipykernel.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module importlib-metadata if %python-base < 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module debugpy >= 1.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module flaky}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipyparallel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipython >= 7.23.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jupyter-client}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jupyter-core}
@@ -84,6 +83,8 @@ This package provides the IPython kernel for Jupyter.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n ipykernel-%{version}
+# 5 tests out of 95, we don't want ipyparallel and its dependencies in Ring1
+rm ipykernel/tests/test_pickleutil.py
 
 %build
 %python_build