diff --git a/gnome-desktop.spec b/gnome-desktop.spec
index a42df40..8e02887 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: Shared code among gnome-panel, gnome-session, nautilus, etc
 Name: gnome-desktop
 Version: 2.32.0
-Release: 25%{?dist}
+Release: 26%{?dist}
 URL: http://www.gnome.org
 #VCS: git:git://git.gnome.org/gnome-desktop
 Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-desktop/2.32/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ libgnomedesktop.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
+export PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2
 %configure --with-gnome-distributor="Red Hat, Inc" \
 	   --with-pnp-ids-path="/usr/share/hwdata/pnp.ids" \
 	   --disable-scrollkeeper  --disable-static
@@ -62,9 +63,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/scrollkeeper
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/omf
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/gnome/help
 
-# gnome-about is python2
-sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/python|#!/usr/bin/python2|g' %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/gnome-about
-
 %find_lang %{po_package} --all-name --with-gnome
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
@@ -87,6 +85,9 @@ sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/python|#!/usr/bin/python2|g' %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/gnome-a
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 11 2020 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.32.0-26
+- fix python2 handling (previous fix was incomplete)
+
 * Tue Feb 11 2020 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.32.0-25
 - make gnome-about explicitly python2