diff --git a/mercurial.spec b/mercurial.spec
index 1105d61..7338d10 100644
--- a/mercurial.spec
+++ b/mercurial.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+%{!?python2_sitearch: %define python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python2_lib; print get_python2_lib(1)")}
 
 Summary: Mercurial -- a distributed SCM
 Name: mercurial
 Version: 4.4.2
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 
 # Release: 1.rc1%{?dist}
 
@@ -58,16 +58,18 @@ documentation.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{upstreamversion}
 #%patch0 -p0
 #%patch1 -p1
+# Patch files to use python2 instead of (since lately) non existent python binary.
+sed -i 's|python|python2|' %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/Makefile %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc/Makefile
 
 %build
 make all
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}.files
+%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}.files
 make install-doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT MANDIR=%{_mandir}
 
-grep -v -e 'hgk.py*' -e %{python_sitearch}/mercurial/ -e %{python_sitearch}/hgext/ < %{name}.files > %{name}-base.files
+grep -v -e 'hgk.py*' -e %{python2_sitearch}/mercurial/ -e %{python2_sitearch}/hgext/ < %{name}.files > %{name}-base.files
 grep 'hgk.py*' < %{name}.files > %{name}-hgk.files
 
 install -D -m 755 contrib/hgk       $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libexecdir}/mercurial/hgk
@@ -115,8 +117,8 @@ cacerts = /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
 EOF
 install -m 644 certs.rc $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/mercurial/hgrc.d
 
-mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitearch}/mercurial/locale $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitearch}/mercurial/locale
+mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python2_sitearch}/mercurial/locale $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python2_sitearch}/mercurial/locale
 
 
 %find_lang hg
@@ -134,8 +136,8 @@ grep -v locale %{name}-base.files > %{name}-base-filtered.files
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/mercurial
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/mercurial/hgrc.d
-%{python_sitearch}/mercurial
-%{python_sitearch}/hgext
+%{python2_sitearch}/mercurial
+%{python2_sitearch}/hgext
 %{_emacs_sitelispdir}/mercurial
 %{_emacs_sitestartdir}/*.el
 
@@ -149,6 +151,9 @@ grep -v locale %{name}-base.files > %{name}-base-filtered.files
 ##cd tests && %{__python} run-tests.py
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 24 2018 Sebastian Kisela <skisela@redhat.com> - 4.4.2-6
+- Stop using deprecated python macros: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Python
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 4.4.2-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild