diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index e6507e1..db9d544 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -2167,8 +2167,6 @@ $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS 2>&1"
             notify.note "${NOTE}"$"building the srpm package""${NORM}..."
             # as the dependencies check is done before, it is safe to pass
             # --nodeps to non-simulated build commands.
-            # NOTE: it seems that since rpm 4.16 above is not true thus
-            # --nodeps has been removed from build commands
             eval "\
 rpmbuild -bs $USER_RPMDEFINE_OPTS $rpmbuild_opts \
 $SRPM_SPECFILE_WITH_PATH 2>&1"
@@ -2319,6 +2317,7 @@ build the list of the build requirements""${NORM}"
                done
                [ "$buildreq" ] || echo "BuildRequires: $req"
             elif [ "${req}" = "python(abi)" ]; then
+               # FIXME: libpython-devel should be defined in autospec.conf
                # python requirement
                reqver=${line/*= /}
                buildreq="libpython${reqver/\.}-devel"
@@ -2375,6 +2374,9 @@ $(echo $solibpath | sed "s|-[0-9.]*\.so|.so|")"
                   echo "\
 #$req: library not reported by ldconfig; run \`ldconfig' and try again"
                fi
+            elif [[ "$req" =~ .*python.*dist\(.*\).* ]]; then
+               # Python dist requirement
+               buildreq="$req"
             elif [[ "$req" =~ .*\(.*\) || "$req" =~ .*\.so ]]; then
                # a(b) requirement or *.so library
                rpm -q --qf %{name} --whatprovides "$req" &>/dev/null &&