diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index c2d3c5c117f47a6d4ca485c619f40e699779584e..79c1055b402e15c2c9c24bbf2d3e7b411b2da57b 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires: elfutils-libelf-devel
 BuildRequires: rpm >= 4.14.2
 #BuildRequires: sparse >= 0.4.1
-BuildRequires: elfutils-devel zlib-devel binutils-devel newt-devel python-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed) bison
+BuildRequires: elfutils-devel zlib-devel binutils-devel newt-devel perl(ExtUtils::Embed) bison
 BuildRequires: audit-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: pciutils-devel gettext
 BuildRequires: rpm-build, elfutils
@@ -154,14 +154,6 @@ Summary: Performance monitoring for the Linux kernel
 This package contains the perf tool, which enables performance monitoring
 of the Linux kernel.
 
-%package -n python2-perf
-Provides: python-perf = %{version}-%{release}
-Obsoletes: python-perf
-Summary: Python bindings for apps which will manipulate perf events
-
-%description -n python2-perf
-A Python module that permits applications written in the Python programming
-language to use the interface to manipulate perf events.
 
 %package -n python3-perf
 Summary: Python bindings for apps which will manipulate perf events
@@ -213,11 +205,6 @@ package or when debugging this package.\
 %files -n perf-debuginfo -f perf-debugfiles.list
 %{expand:%%global _find_debuginfo_opts %{?_find_debuginfo_opts} -p '.*%{_bindir}/perf.*(\.debug)?|.*%{_libexecdir}/perf-core/.*|.*%{_libdir}/traceevent/.*|XXX' -o perf-debugfiles.list}
 
-
-%debuginfo_template -n python2-perf
-%files -n python2-perf-debuginfo -f python2-perf-debugfiles.list
-%{expand:%%global _find_debuginfo_opts %{?_find_debuginfo_opts} -p '.*%{python2_sitearch}/perf.*(.debug)?|XXX' -o python2-perf-debugfiles.list}
-
 %debuginfo_template -n python3-perf
 %files -n python3-perf-debuginfo -f python3-perf-debugfiles.list
 %{expand:%%global _find_debuginfo_opts %{?_find_debuginfo_opts} -p '.*%{python3_sitearch}/perf.*(.debug)?|XXX' -o python3-perf-debugfiles.list}
@@ -352,11 +339,10 @@ make ARCH=%{Arch} modules %{?_smp_mflags}
 # perf
 %global perf_make \
     make EXTRA_CFLAGS="-Wl,-z,now -g -Wall -fstack-protector-strong -fPIC" EXTRA_PERFLIBS="-fpie -pie" %{?_smp_mflags} -s V=1 WERROR=0 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE=1 NO_GTK2=1 NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_STRLCPY=1 prefix=%{_prefix}
-%global perf_python2 -C tools/perf PYTHON=%{__python2}
+
 %global perf_python3 -C tools/python3-perf PYTHON=%{__python3}
 # perf
 chmod +x tools/perf/check-headers.sh
-%{perf_make} %{perf_python2} all
 
 # make sure check-headers.sh is executable
 chmod +x tools/python3-perf/check-headers.sh
@@ -605,7 +591,7 @@ popd
 %if 0%{?with_perf}
 # perf
 # perf tool binary and supporting scripts/binaries
-%{perf_make} %{perf_python2} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} lib=%{_lib} install-bin install-traceevent-plugins
+%{perf_make} %{perf_python3} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} lib=%{_lib} install-bin install-traceevent-plugins
 # remove the 'trace' symlink.
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/trace
 
@@ -616,7 +602,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}/usr/lib/perf/include/bpf/
 
 # python-perf extension
 %{perf_make} %{perf_python3} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
-%{perf_make} %{perf_python2} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
 %endif
 
 install -d %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1
@@ -787,10 +772,6 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/doc/perf-tip/*
 %license linux-%{KernelVer}/COPYING
 
-%files -n python2-perf
-%license linux-%{KernelVer}/COPYING
-%{python2_sitearch}/*
-
 %files -n python3-perf
 %license linux-%{KernelVer}/COPYING
 %{python3_sitearch}/*