diff --git a/python-oauthlib.changes b/python-oauthlib.changes
index ec4a41f..578032a 100644
--- a/python-oauthlib.changes
+++ b/python-oauthlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 13 13:01:36 UTC 2018 - mcepl@suse.com
+
+Remove dependency on unittest2
+    Add remove_unittest2.patch to facilitate that
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 23 02:49:49 UTC 2018 - arun@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/python-oauthlib.spec b/python-oauthlib.spec
index 1c8a90e..2d1d1e6 100644
--- a/python-oauthlib.spec
+++ b/python-oauthlib.spec
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/o/oauthlib/oauthlib-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         remove_unittest2.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyJWT}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module blinker}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cryptography}
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyasn1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module unittest2}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-PyJWT
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ veneer on top of OAuthLib and get OAuth support for very little effort.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n oauthlib-%{version}
+%autopatch -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build
diff --git a/remove_unittest2.patch b/remove_unittest2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b5fd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove_unittest2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def fread(fn):
+ if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+     tests_require = ['nose', 'cryptography', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
+ else:
+-    tests_require = ['nose', 'unittest2', 'cryptography', 'mock', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
++    tests_require = ['nose', 'cryptography', 'mock', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0', 'blinker']
+ rsa_require = ['cryptography']
+ signedtoken_require = ['cryptography', 'pyjwt>=1.0.0']
+ signals_require = ['blinker']