diff --git a/python-pip.spec b/python-pip.spec
index 5beca9a..1817621 100644
--- a/python-pip.spec
+++ b/python-pip.spec
@@ -214,10 +214,8 @@ Recommends:     python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
 Provides:       pip = %{version}-%{release}
 Conflicts:      python-pip < %{version}-%{release}
 
-# The python3.10 version that added the rpm_prefix sysconfig install scheme
-# This pip can also function with the previous version,
-# but it would remove RPM-installed packages during sudo pip install --upgrade.
-Requires:       python3-libs >= 3.10.0-2
+# The python3.11 version that stopped using the rpm_prefix scheme
+Requires:       python3-libs >= 3.11.0~rc1-2
 
 
 %{crypt_compat_recommends 3}
@@ -408,9 +406,11 @@ pytest_k='not completion and
 %{python_wheel_dir}/%{python_wheel_name}
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Sep 05 2022 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 22.2.2-2
+* Mon Sep 05 2022 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 22.2.2-2
 - Fix crash when an empty dist-info/egg-info is present
 Resolves: rhbz#2115001
+- No longer use the rpm_install prefix to determine RPM-installed packages
+Related: rhbz#2026979
 
 * Wed Aug 03 2022 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 22.2.2-1
 - Update to 22.2.2
diff --git a/remove-existing-dist-only-if-path-conflicts.patch b/remove-existing-dist-only-if-path-conflicts.patch
index d4497fd..3a9ea25 100644
--- a/remove-existing-dist-only-if-path-conflicts.patch
+++ b/remove-existing-dist-only-if-path-conflicts.patch
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ index a4c24b5..e7e2da9 100644
 +        # Prevent uninstalling packages from /usr
 +        try:
 +            if dist.installed_location in (
-+                    sysconfig.get_path('purelib', scheme='rpm_prefix', vars={'base': sys.base_prefix}),
-+                    sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme='rpm_prefix', vars={'base': sys.base_prefix}),
++                    sysconfig.get_path('purelib', scheme='posix_prefix', vars={'base': sys.base_prefix}),
++                    sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme='posix_prefix', vars={'platbase': sys.base_prefix}),
 +            ):
 +                return None
 +        except KeyError:  # this Python doesn't have 'rpm_prefix' scheme yet