diff --git a/python-ipykernel.spec b/python-ipykernel.spec
index f92eb1d..aaed01c 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.spec
+++ b/python-ipykernel.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ $python -m ipykernel install \
 # flaky: bad timings in obs often cause this to fail
 donttest="test_shutdown_subprocesses"
 # fails in obs setups
-%pytest -k "not ($donttest)" --ignore ipykernel/tests/test_debugger.py
+ignoretests="--ignore ipykernel/tests/test_debugger.py"
+%pytest -k "not ($donttest)" $ignoretests
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.md