diff --git a/pygtk2.spec b/pygtk2.spec
index 21cb032..d69f6d0 100644
--- a/pygtk2.spec
+++ b/pygtk2.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 Name: pygtk2
 Version: 2.24.0
-Release: 27%{?dist}
+Release: 28%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Summary: Python bindings for GTK+
 URL: http://www.pygtk.org/
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ BuildRequires: gtk2-devel >= %{gtk2_version}
 BuildRequires: libglade2-devel >= %{libglade2_version}
 BuildRequires: libtool
 BuildRequires: libxslt
-BuildRequires: numpy
 BuildRequires: pango-devel >= %{pango_version}
 BuildRequires: pycairo-devel >= %{pycairo_version}
 BuildRequires: pygobject2-devel >= %{pygobject2_version}
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ do
 done
 
 %build
-%configure --enable-thread --enable-numpy
+%configure --enable-thread --disable-numpy
 %{make_build}
 
 %install
@@ -145,6 +144,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -or -name '*.a' | xargs rm -f
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/pygtk/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 27 2019 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.24.0-28
+- Disable numpy to reduce the dependency chain
+
 * Wed Nov 27 2019 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 2.24.0-27
 - Fix the build with pango 1.44 (#1763401)