diff --git a/libtalloc.spec b/libtalloc.spec
index 8ce1fb1..f572391 100644
--- a/libtalloc.spec
+++ b/libtalloc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %global with_python3 1
-%else
-%global with_python3 0
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} < 8
+%global with_python2 1
 %endif
 
 Name: libtalloc
@@ -16,7 +18,9 @@ Source: https://www.samba.org/ftp/talloc/talloc-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
+%endif
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires: python3-devel
 %endif
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ Requires: libtalloc = %{version}-%{release}
 %description devel
 Header files needed to develop programs that link against the Talloc library.
 
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %package -n python2-talloc
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Summary: Python bindings for the Talloc library
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ Obsoletes: pytalloc-devel < 2.1.3
 
 %description -n python2-talloc-devel
 Development libraries for python2-talloc
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %package -n python3-talloc
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ cp -a doc/man/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}
 %{_mandir}/man3/talloc*.3.gz
 %{_mandir}/man3/libtalloc*.3.gz
 
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %files -n python2-talloc
 %{_libdir}/libpytalloc-util.so.*
 %{python2_sitearch}/talloc.so
@@ -140,6 +147,7 @@ cp -a doc/man/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}
 %{_includedir}/pytalloc.h
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/pytalloc-util.pc
 %{_libdir}/libpytalloc-util.so
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files -n python3-talloc
@@ -154,7 +162,9 @@ cp -a doc/man/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
+%if 0%{?with_python2}
 %ldconfig_scriptlets -n python2-talloc
+%endif
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %ldconfig_scriptlets -n python3-talloc