diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 0f20f916..cd20d511 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # these are needed to compile Python dependencies from sources
-python-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 python3-all-dev [platform:dpkg test]
-python-devel [(platform:rpm platform:base-py2 test)]
-python3-devel [(platform:rpm platform:base-py3 test)]
+python3-devel [(platform:rpm test)]
 build-essential [platform:dpkg test]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm test]