diff --git a/python-orjson.spec b/python-orjson.spec
index ccc4fbc..99136a1 100644
--- a/python-orjson.spec
+++ b/python-orjson.spec
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ cp -vp include/pyo3/LICENSE* LICENSES.vendored/pyo3/
 %if %{without pendulum}
 sed -i '/^pendulum\b/d' test/requirements.txt
 %endif
+# Test dependency on arrow appears spurious
+# https://github.com/ijl/orjson/issues/559
+sed -i '/^arrow\b/d' test/requirements.txt
 # Remove unpackaged PyPI plugin
 sed -i '/pytest-random-order/d' test/requirements.txt