diff --git a/python-packaging.spec b/python-packaging.spec
index f7ff856..ddcd4c7 100644
--- a/python-packaging.spec
+++ b/python-packaging.spec
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 %endif
 # in order to avoid rewriting for subpackage generator
 %define mypython python
+%global skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-packaging%{psuffix}
 Version:        21.2
 Release:        0
@@ -36,12 +37,10 @@ URL:            https://github.com/pypa/packaging
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/packaging/packaging-%{version}.tar.gz
 # Restore compatibility with 20.4 for setuptools
 Patch1:         no-legacyversion-warning.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 #!BuildIgnore:  post-build-checks-malwarescan
 Requires:       python-pyparsing >= 2.0.2
-Requires:       python-six
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # do not add setuptools dependency, this is now a dependency
 # of setuptools. Ensure that all dependencies also don't depend