diff --git a/libsolv.spec b/libsolv.spec
index e07a953..35bf8c4 100644
--- a/libsolv.spec
+++ b/libsolv.spec
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ pushd build
     -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON                            \
 %if %{with python3}
     -DENABLE_PYTHON3=ON                           \
-    -DPYTHON3_EXECUTABLE=%{__python3}             \
 %endif
 %endif
     ..