diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.changes b/xorg-x11-server.changes
index c284146..3546fa8 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.changes
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  7 11:36:04 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- remove unneeded python2 script 'fdi2iclass.py' from 
+  xorg-x11-server-sources subpackage (boo#1179591)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec  1 16:39:02 UTC 2020 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xorg-x11-server.spec b/xorg-x11-server.spec
index a6f6116..732bc63 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-server.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-server.spec
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ ln -snf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/libglx.so %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/xorg/module
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/src/xserver
 xargs cp --parents --target-directory=%{buildroot}/usr/src/xserver < source-file-list
+# unneeded python2 script; simply remove it (boo#1179591)
+rm -f %{buildroot}/usr/src/xserver/config/fdi2iclass.py
 
 %post
 %tmpfiles_create xbb.conf