diff --git a/yt-dlp.changes b/yt-dlp.changes
index 42ef928..340ecb7 100644
--- a/yt-dlp.changes
+++ b/yt-dlp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 23 12:34:56 UTC 2025 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Use the pythons macro to reduce the amount of suse_version usage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 22 15:41:02 UTC 2025 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
 
diff --git a/yt-dlp.spec b/yt-dlp.spec
index df971fb..f2505ed 100644
--- a/yt-dlp.spec
+++ b/yt-dlp.spec
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@
 #
 
 
-%define skip_python2 1
-%define skip_python36 1
-%define skip_python37 1
-%define skip_python38 1
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
+%if %{defined primary_python}
+%define pythons %primary_python
+%else
 %if 0%{?sle_version} == 150700
 %global pythons python313
 %else
@@ -50,15 +48,7 @@ Obsoletes:      yt-dlp-fish-completion < %version-%release
 Provides:       yt-dlp-fish-completion = %version-%release
 Obsoletes:      yt-dlp-zsh-completion < %version-%release
 Provides:       yt-dlp-zsh-completion = %version-%release
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
-%if 0%{?sle_version} == 150700
-Requires:       python313-yt-dlp = %version
-%else
-Requires:       python312-yt-dlp = %version
-%endif
-%else
-Requires:       python3-yt-dlp = %version
-%endif
+Requires:       %pythons-yt-dlp = %version
 %define python_subpackage_only 1
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -103,13 +93,7 @@ rm -f youtube-dl yt-dlp
 # A self-decompressing yt-dlp is built only when python_build is not
 # exercised; else yt-dlp is a loader.
 #
-%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
-%if 0%{?sle_version} == 150700
-export PYTHON=%__python313
-%else
-export PYTHON=%__python312
-%endif
-%endif
+export PYTHON=$(type -P "%_bindir/python%{python_bin_suffix}" | xargs --no-run-if-empty readlink -f)
 %pyproject_wheel
 %make_build yt-dlp