diff --git a/python-attrs.spec b/python-attrs.spec
index 10728f1..0eead1b 100644
--- a/python-attrs.spec
+++ b/python-attrs.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-%global modname attrs
-
-%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
-# Can't run tests on EPEL7 due to need for pytest >= 2.8
+# Disable tests on RHEL9 as to not pull in the test dependencies
+# Specify --with tests to run the tests e.g. on EPEL
 %bcond_with tests
-%else
-# Turn the tests off when bootstrapping Python, because pytest requires attrs
-%bcond_without tests
-%endif
+
+%global modname attrs
 
 Name:           python-attrs
 Version:        20.3.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python attributes without boilerplate
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -62,6 +58,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}/%{python3_sitelib} py.test-3 -v
 %{python3_sitelib}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 10 2021 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 20.3.0-3
+- Disable tests on RHEL9 to avoid pulling in the test dependencies
+
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20.3.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild