diff --git a/libsmbios.spec b/libsmbios.spec
index 313c1ec..0b6f843 100644
--- a/libsmbios.spec
+++ b/libsmbios.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# This package depends on automagic byte compilation
-# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompilation_phase_2
-%global _python_bytecompile_extra 1
-
 # these are all substituted by autoconf
 %define pot_file  libsmbios
 %define lang_dom  libsmbios-2.4
@@ -148,6 +144,9 @@ find %{buildroot}/%{_includedir} out/libsmbios_c -exec touch -r $TOPDIR/configur
 
 mv out/libsmbios_c    out/libsmbios_c-%{_arch}
 
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/No_more_automagic_Python_bytecompilation_phase_3
+%py_byte_compile %{python3} %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/
+
 rename %{pot_file}.mo %{lang_dom}.mo $(find %{buildroot}/%{_datadir} -name %{pot_file}.mo)
 %find_lang %{lang_dom}