diff --git a/python-pip.changes b/python-pip.changes
index a34f54b..f067a35 100644
--- a/python-pip.changes
+++ b/python-pip.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 10 10:33:35 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip subversion tests, not that relevant to pull in
+  dozens of dependencies into small bootstrap
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 23 20:08:32 UTC 2022 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pip.spec b/python-pip.spec
index 8476f77..80c5f6d 100644
--- a/python-pip.spec
+++ b/python-pip.spec
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  ca-certificates
-BuildRequires:  git
-BuildRequires:  subversion
+BuildRequires:  git-core
 %endif
 %if %{with wheel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}