diff --git a/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.changes b/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.changes
index 42dee47..98f0a63 100644
--- a/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.changes
+++ b/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 26 18:45:28 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- remove the runtime requirement on a specific sip-devel package.
+  Let the package using the macros decide what they need.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 19 23:54:52 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.spec b/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.spec
index 59b1bb3..7d44d94 100644
--- a/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/python-pyqt-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Source0:        macros.pyqt
 Source1:        LICENSE
 Requires:       fdupes
 Requires:       python-rpm-macros
-# this is not a singlespec package
-Requires:       (python-sip-devel or python3-sip-devel)
+Recommends:     %{python_module sip-devel}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description