diff --git a/.Cython.metadata b/.Cython.metadata
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+85d6abc9cded209bfa0e21f0f6876018e6125056 Cython-0.28.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/rpminspect.yaml b/rpminspect.yaml
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+# In a modular build rpminspect confuses the python2-libs for a
+# subpackage of Cython. Ignore this check.
+rpmdeps:
+    ignore:
+        requires: ^libpython[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.so.*\(\)\(.*\)$