diff --git a/pytest.spec b/pytest.spec
index a863a40..f362213 100644
--- a/pytest.spec
+++ b/pytest.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-packaging
 BuildRequires:  python3-pluggy >= 0.12
 BuildRequires:  python3-py >= 1.5.0
 BuildRequires:  python3-toml
-BuildRequires:  python3-wcwidth
 
 %if %{with tests}
 BuildRequires:  python3-hypothesis
@@ -161,6 +160,7 @@ export INPUTRC=$PWD/.inputrc
 %changelog
 * Wed Mar 10 2021 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 6.2.2-2
 - Disable tests and documentation generation on RHEL9 to avoid pulling in dependencies
+- Drop redundant build dependency on wcwidth (unused since 6.0.0rc1)
 
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 6.2.2-1
 - Update to 6.2.2