diff --git a/mercurial.spec b/mercurial.spec
index e2f7c32..c203f4e 100644
--- a/mercurial.spec
+++ b/mercurial.spec
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ Locales for mercurial.
 cp -a hg hg2
 cp -a hg hg3
 rm hg
-PYTHON=%{__python3} make all
-PYTHON=%{__python2} make all
+PYTHON=%{python3} make all
+PYTHON=%{python2} make all
 
 #TODO: Now just for Py2, version for Py3 will need probably more fixes
 # in installer - and possibly some renames..
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ popd
 %install
 # NOTE: this is nasty, but if we want to have parallel Py2/Py3 mercurial..
 # ignoring now stuff related to *_completion, extensions
-%{__python3} setup.py install -O1 --root %{buildroot} --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}3.files
-%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --root %{buildroot} --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}2.files
+%{python3} setup.py install -O1 --root %{buildroot} --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}3.files
+%{python2} setup.py install -O1 --root %{buildroot} --prefix %{_prefix} --record=%{name}2.files
 make install-doc DESTDIR=%{buildroot} MANDIR=%{_mandir}
 
 grep -v -e 'hgk.py*' \
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ grep -v locale %{name}3-base.files > %{name}3-base-filtered.files
 cp -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh2
 cp -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh3
 rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh
-pathfix.py -pni "%{__python2}" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh2
-pathfix.py -pni "%{__python3}" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh3
+pathfix.py -pni "%{python2}" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh2
+pathfix.py -pni "%{python3}" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hg-ssh3
 
 
 # Touch the base executables for alternatives
@@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ fi
 
 
 #%%check
-#cd tests && %%{__python2} run-tests.py
+#cd tests && %%{python2} run-tests.py
 # This will now fail everytime. Mercurial is not ported properly for Python3
 # and current split of mercurial for Py2 and Py3 brings additional problems
 # for extensions then pure Python3 packaging.
-#cd tests && HGPYTHON3=1 %%{__python3} run-tests.py
+#cd tests && HGPYTHON3=1 %%{python3} run-tests.py
 
 
 %changelog