diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index d7fdd6b..9afaa2f 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-%bcond_with tests
+# pass --without tests to skip the test suite
+%bcond_without tests
 
 Name:		rpmlint
 Version:	2.3.0
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ sed -i 's/python-magic/file-magic/g' setup.py
 # Don't lint the code or measure coverage in %%check
 sed -i -e 's/ --cov=rpmlint//' -e 's/ --flake8//' setup.cfg
 
+# Avoid warnings about pytest.mark.no_cover marker
+sed -i '/^@pytest.mark.no_cover/d' test/test_lint.py
+
 %build
 %py3_build
 
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ cp -a %{SOURCE1} %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} %{SOURCE5} %{buildroot}%{_sysc
 * Sat Sep 24 2022 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.3.0-1
 - update to 2.3.0 (rhbz#2088759)
 - convert license to SPDX and correct to GPL-2.0-or-later
+- enable tests by default, avoid warnings about pytest.mark.no_cover marker
 
 * Sat Sep 24 2022 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.0-7
 - update licenses.toml to reflect change in Fedora licensing identifiers