diff --git a/newt.spec b/newt.spec
index 1063c64..3387256 100644
--- a/newt.spec
+++ b/newt.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 12
-%global with_python3 1
-%else
-%{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
-%endif
-
 Summary: A library for text mode user interfaces
 Name: newt
 Version: 0.52.20
@@ -12,13 +6,10 @@ License: LGPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: https://pagure.io/newt
 Source: https://pagure.io/releases/newt/newt-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires: popt-devel python2-devel slang-devel
+BuildRequires: popt-devel python2-devel python3-devel slang-devel
 BuildRequires: docbook-utils
 # Prefer lynx over other packages providing text-www-browser
 BuildRequires: lynx
-%if 0%{?with_python3}
-BuildRequires: python3-devel
-%endif
 Provides: snack = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %package devel
@@ -69,7 +60,6 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 The python2-newt package contains the Python 2 bindings for the newt library
 providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
 
-%if 0%{?with_python3}
 %package python3
 Summary: Python 3 bindings for newt
 Group: Development/Libraries
@@ -78,7 +68,6 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 %description python3
 The newt-python3 package contains the Python 3 bindings for the newt library
 providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.
-%endif
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
@@ -120,13 +109,11 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 %{python_sitearch}/*.so
 %{python_sitearch}/*.py*
 
-%if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files python3
 %doc peanuts.py popcorn.py
 %{python3_sitearch}/*.so
 %{python3_sitearch}/*.py*
 %{python3_sitearch}/__pycache__/*.py*
-%endif
 
 %changelog
 * Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.52.20-7