diff --git a/coan.spec b/coan.spec
index 81dc74d..e8e300f 100644
--- a/coan.spec
+++ b/coan.spec
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 Name:		coan
 Version:	6.0.1
-Release:	24%{?dist}
+Release:	25%{?dist}
 Summary:	A command line tool for simplifying the pre-processor conditionals in source code
 License:	BSD
 URL:		http://coan2.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/coan2/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-
 # https://sourceforge.net/p/coan2/bugs/92/
 Patch0:         expression_parser.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:	python2
-# Python 2 is needed for running the test suite. From Fedora 29, the
-# python package no longer provides /usr/bin/python, and so we need
-# this extra package for the unversioned binary.
-%if 0%{fedora} >= 29
-BuildRequires:  python-unversioned-command
-%endif
-# For pod2man:
+BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  perl-podlators
-# On Fedora 23 pod2html is included in the perl package, whereas in 24
-# and later it's split out into perl-Pod-Html.
-%if 0%{fedora} > 23
 BuildRequires:  perl-Pod-Html
-%endif
-BuildRequires: make
+
+# removed python2 dependencies and asked upstream to port tests to python3
+# https://sourceforge.net/p/coan2/bugs/93/
 
 # Regression on other arches with F26 mass rebuild (big endian systems)
 # Temporarily exclude them
@@ -84,6 +74,9 @@ export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14 $RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1.*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 28 2021 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 6.0.1-25
+- Remove python2 dependencies (required only for tests) fix rhbz#1805173
+
 * Thu Jan 28 2021 Filipe Rosset <rosset.filipe@gmail.com> - 6.0.1-24
 - Fix FTBFS