diff --git a/drop-unicodedata-dep.diff b/drop-unicodedata-dep.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..760bc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drop-unicodedata-dep.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/SpecCheck.py b/SpecCheck.py
+index 8cb85b3..45ad404 100644
+--- a/SpecCheck.py
++++ b/SpecCheck.py
+@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
+ 
+ import re
+ import sys
+-import unicodedata
+ try:
+     from urlparse import urlparse
+ except ImportError:  # Python 3
+@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ filelist_regex = re.compile(r'\s+-f\s+\S+')
+ pkgname_regex = re.compile(r'\s+(?:-n\s+)?(\S+)')
+ tarball_regex = re.compile(r'\.(?:t(?:ar|[glx]z|bz2?)|zip)\b', re.IGNORECASE)
+ 
+-UNICODE_NBSP = unicodedata.lookup('NO-BREAK SPACE')
++UNICODE_NBSP = u'\xa0'
+ 
+ 
+ def unversioned(deps):
+@@ -206,8 +205,7 @@ class SpecCheck(AbstractCheck.AbstractCheck):
+             if do_unicode:
+                 line = unicode(line, "utf-8", "replace")  # noqa false positive
+ 
+-            char = line.find(nbsp)
+-            if char != -1:
++            if nbsp in line:
+                 printWarning(pkg, "non-break-space", "line %s, char %d" %
+                              (pkg.current_linenum, char))
+ 
diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index 3970c5c..762cc71 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Thu Sep 28 10:40:08 UTC 2017 - dmueller@suse.com
       0003-Tighten-lib_regex-to-avoid-false-positive-in-python-.patch,
       0001-Execute-chroot-tests-also-on-x86-rpms.patch,
       ignore-readelf-ar-error.diff, remove-ghostfile-checks.diff,
-      fix-diag-sortorder.diff
+      fix-diag-sortorder.diff, drop-unicodedata-dep.diff
 - drop config.in: unused
 - switch to python 3.x
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index 94eae3a..7efde78 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Patch60:        0003-Tighten-lib_regex-to-avoid-false-positive-in-python-.patch
 Patch61:        0001-Execute-chroot-tests-also-on-x86-rpms.patch
 Patch62:        ignore-readelf-ar-error.diff
 Patch63:        fix-diag-sortorder.diff
+Patch64:        drop-unicodedata-dep.diff
 Patch70:        rpmlint-all-pie.patch
 # BuildArch must at the end. is a bug: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=926766
 BuildArch:      noarch