diff --git a/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec b/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
index fd157d4..08d68b3 100644
--- a/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ test "$signature1" != ""
 export HOSTNAME="rpmbuild"  # to speedup tox in network-less mock, see rhbz#1856356
 %pytest -vv --doctest-modules %{?with_pytest_xdist:-n auto} %{!?with_tox_tests:-k "not tox"}
 
-%{python3} compare_mandata.py -f %{_rpmconfigdir}/brp-compress
+python3 compare_mandata.py -f %{_rpmconfigdir}/brp-compress
 %endif