diff --git a/babel.spec b/babel.spec
index c7b3df1..98bcad8 100644
--- a/babel.spec
+++ b/babel.spec
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@
 # And pytest is at this point not yet ready
 %bcond_with bootstrap
 
+# There is an exception to ship python2-babel on Fedora, for trac:
+# https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2260
+%if 0%{?fedora}
 %bcond_without python2
+%else
+%bcond_with python2
+%ednif
 
 
 Name:           babel
 Version:        2.9.0
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tools for internationalizing Python applications
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -159,6 +165,9 @@ export TZ=UTC
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 24 2020 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com>
+- Disable Python 2 build on RHEL 9+
+
 * Mon Nov 16 22:22:25 CET 2020 Felix Schwarz <fschwarz@fedoraproject.org> - 2.9.0-1
 - update to 2.9.0