diff --git a/python-pluggy.changes b/python-pluggy.changes
index f02e392..7a4a31d 100644
--- a/python-pluggy.changes
+++ b/python-pluggy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 13 14:45:29 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- importlib-metadata is only a runtime requirement (in accordance
+  with setup.py), remove it from BuildRequires.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 13 13:20:01 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pluggy.spec b/python-pluggy.spec
index 88bf407..0290f7d 100644
--- a/python-pluggy.spec
+++ b/python-pluggy.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pluggy/pluggy-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module importlib-metadata >= 0.12}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes