diff --git a/macros.python b/macros.python
index 0e9c419..266f356 100644
--- a/macros.python
+++ b/macros.python
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
   package = rpm.expand("%{?1}")
   vr = rpm.expand("%{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}")
   if (string.starts(package, "python2-")) then
-    if (rpm.expand("%{?buildarch}") ~= "noarch") then
-      str = "Provides: python-" .. string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)) .. "%{?_isa} = " .. vr
-      print(rpm.expand(str))
-    end
     print("\\nProvides: python-")
     print(string.sub(package,9,string.len(package)))
     print(" = ")
diff --git a/python-rpm-macros.spec b/python-rpm-macros.spec
index 3b213c3..c47f6de 100644
--- a/python-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ install -m 644 %{SOURCE0} %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} \
 - Define %%python_sitelib, %%python_sitearch, %%python_version, %%python_version_nodots,
   in rpm 4.15 those are no longer defined, the meaning of python is derived from %%__python.
 - Usage of %%__python or the above-mentioned macros will error unless user defined.
+- The %%python_provide macro no longer gives the arched provide for arched packages (#1705656)
 
 * Sat Feb 02 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3-42
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild