diff --git a/qscintilla.spec b/qscintilla.spec
index 621b136..ce4de1b 100644
--- a/qscintilla.spec
+++ b/qscintilla.spec
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 #global bootstrap 1
 
 %if ! 0%{?bootstrap}
-%if 0%{?fedora} < 30 && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+%if 0%{?fedora} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
 %global py2 1
 %endif
 %global py3 1
 %endif
-%if 0%{?fedora} < 30 && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+%if 0%{?fedora} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
 %global qt4 1
 %endif
 %global qt5 1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 Summary: A Scintilla port to Qt
 Name:    qscintilla
 Version: 2.11.2
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3
 Url:     http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla/
@@ -421,6 +421,9 @@ test -x %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/PyQt4/Qsci.so
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 30 2019 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 2.11.2-8
+- revive qt4/python2 support on fedora, still needed by hgview (see also #1738953)
+
 * Wed Oct 30 2019 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 2.11.2-7
 - cleanup/fix conditionals
 - drop qt4/python2 support for f32+