diff --git a/python-ipykernel.spec b/python-ipykernel.spec
index 43374a3..325410d 100644
--- a/python-ipykernel.spec
+++ b/python-ipykernel.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Provides:       %{python_module jupyter_ipykernel-doc = %{version}}
 Obsoletes:      %{python_module jupyter_ipykernel-doc < %{version}}
 Provides:       %{python_module jupyter-ipykernel-doc = %{version}}
 Obsoletes:      %{python_module jupyter-ipykernel-doc < %{version}}
-%if %{suse_version} <= 1600
+%if %{suse_version} < 1600
 # python311-ipykernel and python3-ipykernel cannot both provide the kernelspec
 Conflicts:      python3-ipykernel
 %endif
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ donttest="$donttest or test_do_apply"
 %{python_sitelib}/ipykernel-%{version}*-info
 %pycache_only %{python_sitelib}/__pycache__/ipykernel_launcher*.pyc
 %{_jupyter_kernel_dir}/python%{python_bin_suffix}
-%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{python_provides}" == "python3" || 0%{?suse_version} <= 1600
+%if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{python_provides}" == "python3" || 0%{?suse_version} < 1600
 %{_jupyter_kernel_dir}/python3
 %endif