diff --git a/mc.spec b/mc.spec
index d152e7d..d407daa 100644
--- a/mc.spec
+++ b/mc.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Midnight Commander s3+ and UC1541 EXTFS backend scripts.
 %__sed -i "s,PREV_MC_VERSION=\"unknown\",PREV_MC_VERSION=\"%{version}\"," version.sh
 ./autogen.sh
 %configure \
-	PYTHON=%{__python3} \
+	PYTHON=%__python3 \
 	--disable-rpath \
 	--disable-vfs-sftp \
 	--disable-vfs-smb \