diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index e1448c0..a95454b 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # When bootstrapping Python, we cannot test this yet
 # RHEL does not include the test dependencies
 %bcond tests    %{undefined rhel}
+# The extras are disabled on RHEL to avoid pysocks and deprecated requests[security]
+%bcond extras   %{undefined rhel}
 
 Name:           python-requests
 Version:        2.28.2
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Release:        7%{?dist}
 Summary:        HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings
 
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@ cumbersome. Python’s built-in urllib2 module provides most of the HTTP
 capabilities you should need, but the API is thoroughly broken. This library is
 designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.
 
+%if %{with extras}
 %pyproject_extras_subpkg -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests security socks
+%endif
 
 %generate_buildrequires
-%pyproject_buildrequires
+%pyproject_buildrequires %{?with_extras:-x security,socks}
 
 
 %prep
@@ -73,7 +77,8 @@ sed -i 's/ --doctest-modules//' pyproject.toml
 
 %if %{with tests}
 %check
-%pytest -v
+# test_use_proxy_from_environment needs pysocks
+%pytest -v %{!?with_extras:-k "not test_use_proxy_from_environment"}
 %endif
 
 
@@ -83,6 +88,10 @@ sed -i 's/ --doctest-modules//' pyproject.toml
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 10 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.28.2-7
+- Do not package requests[security] and requests[socks] on RHEL
+- Make the package build even when urllib3 won't pull in pysocks
+
 * Tue Aug 08 2023 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 2.28.2-6
 - Declare the license as an SPDX expression