diff --git a/python-simplevisor.spec b/python-simplevisor.spec
index 284fa0f..5ec489b 100644
--- a/python-simplevisor.spec
+++ b/python-simplevisor.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 %if 0%{?fedora} > 12 || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %global with_python3 1
 %endif
-%if 0%{?rhel} == 5
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print (get_python_lib())")}
-%endif
 
 %global srcname simplevisor
 
 Name:		python-simplevisor
 Version:	1.2
-Release:	11%{?dist}
+Release:	12%{?dist}
 Summary:	Python simple daemons supervisor
 Group:		Development/Libraries
 License:	ASL 2.0
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ find %{py3dir} -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i '1s|^#!python|#!%{__python3}|'
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %build 
-%{__python} setup.py build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 pushd %{py3dir}
 %{__python3} setup.py build
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ popd
 
 %install
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-%{__python} setup.py install --with-data-files --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__python2} setup.py install --with-data-files --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 install -D -m 644 man/%{srcname}.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/%{srcname}.1;
 install -D -m 644 man/%{srcname}-control.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/%{srcname}-control.1;
 install -D -m 644 man/%{srcname}-loop.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/%{srcname}-loop.1;
@@ -100,16 +97,7 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/simplevisor2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/simplevisor
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %check
-%if 0%{?rhel} == 5
-# syslog in el5 is not configured, workaround for simplevisor-loop
-# in order to pass the tests, does not affect functionality during test
-mkdir Sys
-cp `find %{_libdir}/perl5/5*/ -name "Syslog.pm"` Sys/Syslog.pm
-sed -i "s/^.*grep { \$_ ne 'udp' }.*$/# noop/" Sys/Syslog.pm
-sed -i "s/^.*udp connect: nobody listening.*$/return 1;/g" Sys/Syslog.pm
-export PERL5LIB=.:${PERL5LIB}
-%endif
-%{__python} setup.py test
+%{__python2} setup.py test
 # And remove compiled documentation.
 rm -f test/*.pyc
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
@@ -127,10 +115,8 @@ popd
 %attr(755, root, root) /usr/bin/simplevisor
 %attr(755, root, root) /usr/bin/simplevisor-control
 %attr(755, root, root) /usr/bin/simplevisor-loop
-%{python_sitelib}/%{srcname}/
-%if 0%{?rhel} != 5
-%{python_sitelib}/%{srcname}-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info
-%endif
+%{python2_sitelib}/%{srcname}/
+%{python2_sitelib}/%{srcname}-%{version}-py?.?.egg-info
 
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 %files -n python3-simplevisor
@@ -146,6 +132,9 @@ popd
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2018 Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch> - 1.2-12
+- Fixed building using Python 2 (#1605914).
+
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-11
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild