diff --git a/python-pyrsistent.spec b/python-pyrsistent.spec
index c1e9ff1..a250abc 100644
--- a/python-pyrsistent.spec
+++ b/python-pyrsistent.spec
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx-latex
 BuildRequires:  latexmk
 %endif
 
-# ============================================================================
-# From setup_requires in setup.py, when tests are to be executed:
-BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest-runner)
+# There is fancy machinery in setup.py to add pytest-runner to setup_requires
+# in setup.py when it looks like tests are to be executed. Since we will not use
+# “python3 setup.py test” to run tests, we can do without this dependency.
 
 # Note that pyrsistent/_toolz.py contains a bit of code ported from toolz, but
 # not enough to constitute a bundled dependency.