diff --git a/sssd.spec b/sssd.spec
index 74c36ad..6bf4eaf 100644
--- a/sssd.spec
+++ b/sssd.spec
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ autoreconf -ivf
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags} all docs
 
+sed -i -e 's:/usr/bin/python:/usr/bin/python3:' src/tools/sss_obfuscate
+
 %check
 export CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER=10
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check VERBOSE=yes
@@ -546,8 +548,6 @@ unset CK_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER
 
 %install
 
-sed -i -e 's:/usr/bin/python:/usr/bin/python3:' src/tools/sss_obfuscate
-
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 if [ ! -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/%{name}/modules/libwbclient.so.%{libwbc_lib_version} ]