diff --git a/kernel-tools.spec b/kernel-tools.spec
index 465638f..641edff 100644
--- a/kernel-tools.spec
+++ b/kernel-tools.spec
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ BuildRequires: openssl-devel libbabeltrace-devel
 BuildRequires: libtracefs-devel libtraceevent-devel
 BuildRequires: libbpf-devel
 BuildRequires: clang llvm
-# Used to mangle unversioned shebangs to be Python 3
-BuildRequires: /usr/bin/pathfix.py
 %ifnarch s390x %{arm}
 BuildRequires: numactl-devel
 %endif
@@ -222,10 +220,7 @@ cd linux-%{kversion}
 # END OF PATCH APPLICATIONS
 
 # Mangle /usr/bin/python shebangs to /usr/bin/python3
-# -p preserves timestamps
-# -n prevents creating ~backup files
-# -i specifies the interpreter for the shebang
-pathfix.py -pni "%{__python3} %{py3_shbang_opts}" tools/ tools/perf/scripts/python/*.py scripts/clang-tools
+%py3_shebang_fix tools/ tools/perf/scripts/python/*.py scripts/clang-tools
 
 ###
 ### build