diff --git a/asymptote.changes b/asymptote.changes
index 08a4467..d680d7a 100644
--- a/asymptote.changes
+++ b/asymptote.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 13 08:26:44 UTC 2024 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Drop the dependency on /usr/bin/python3 symlink
+  * boo#1212476
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr 11 16:18:35 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/asymptote.spec b/asymptote.spec
index 8126065..e5f4261 100644
--- a/asymptote.spec
+++ b/asymptote.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libboost_thread-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  texinfo
 BuildRequires:  texlive-dvips-bin
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ if [ ! -e configure ]; then autoreconf -fiv; fi
 mv "%buildroot/usr/local/share"/* "%buildroot/%_datadir/"
 chmod a-x "%buildroot/%_datadir/asymptote/shaders"/*.glsl
 find "%buildroot/%_datadir/asymptote/GUI" -type f -name "*.py" \
-	-exec perl -i -lpe 's{^#!/usr/bin/env }{#!/usr/bin/}g' {} +
+	-exec perl -i -lpe "s{^#!/usr/bin/env python3}{#!/usr/bin/python%python3_bin_suffix}g" {} +
 
 %files
 %_bindir/asy