diff --git a/python-tabulate.changes b/python-tabulate.changes
index 93a4853..27ba917 100644
--- a/python-tabulate.changes
+++ b/python-tabulate.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 10 08:42:40 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- remove pandas dependency (optional test dependency, and went python 3.x only)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec  1 19:13:52 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-tabulate.spec b/python-tabulate.spec
index a8891a3..ab81968 100644
--- a/python-tabulate.spec
+++ b/python-tabulate.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-tabulate
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://bitbucket.org/astanin/python-tabulate
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/t/tabulate/tabulate-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module nose}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pandas}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wcwidth}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes