diff --git a/python3.9.spec b/python3.9.spec
index 8c73d49..91db891 100644
--- a/python3.9.spec
+++ b/python3.9.spec
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ BuildRequires: bluez-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: bzip2
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
-# See the runtime requirement in the -libs subpackage
-BuildRequires: expat-devel >= 2.6
+BuildRequires: expat-devel
 
 BuildRequires: findutils
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
@@ -624,14 +623,6 @@ Recommends: (%{pkgname}-tkinter%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release} if tk%{?_isa})
 # The zoneinfo module needs tzdata
 Requires: tzdata
 
-# The requirement on libexpat is generated, but we need to version it.
-# When built with expat >= 2.6, but installed with older expat, we get:
-#   ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.X/lib-dynload/pyexpat.cpython-....so:
-#   undefined symbol: XML_SetReparseDeferralEnabled
-# This breaks many things, including python -m venv.
-# Other subpackages (like -debug) also need this, but they all depend on -libs.
-Requires: expat >= 2.6
-
 # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Move_usr_bin_python_into_separate_package
 # In Fedora 31, several "unversioned" files like /usr/bin/pydoc and all the
 # "unversioned" provides were moved from python2 to python3.
@@ -834,14 +825,6 @@ Provides: bundled(libmpdec) = %{libmpdec_version}
 # The zoneinfo module needs tzdata
 Requires: tzdata
 
-# The requirement on libexpat is generated, but we need to version it.
-# When built with expat >= 2.6, but installed with older expat, we get:
-#   ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.X/lib-dynload/pyexpat.cpython-....so:
-#   undefined symbol: XML_SetReparseDeferralEnabled
-# This breaks many things, including python -m venv.
-# Other subpackages (like -debug) also need this, but they all depend on -libs.
-Requires: expat >= 2.6
-
 # Provides of the subpackages contained in flatpackage
 Provides: %{pkgname}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 Provides: %{pkgname}-devel = %{version}-%{release}