diff --git a/python-Babel.changes b/python-Babel.changes
index 29f9b00..e8d3291 100644
--- a/python-Babel.changes
+++ b/python-Babel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  5 10:31:45 UTC 2021 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Substitute broken %ifpython3 macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 16 23:03:10 UTC 2020 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Babel.spec b/python-Babel.spec
index be9245d..b2c0377 100644
--- a/python-Babel.spec
+++ b/python-Babel.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-Babel
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Obsoletes:      %{oldpython}-babel < %{version}
 Provides:       %{oldpython}-babel = %{version}
 %endif
-%ifpython3
+%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{?python_provides}" == "python3"
 Provides:       python3-babel = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python3-babel < %{version}
 %endif