diff --git a/python-nbconvert.spec b/python-nbconvert.spec
index bc2d95a..557de60 100644
--- a/python-nbconvert.spec
+++ b/python-nbconvert.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 %else
 %bcond_with libalternatives
 %endif
-# avoid rewriting
-%define python3dist python3dist
+
 # 7.6.0 gets abbreviated by pythondistdeps
 %define shortversion 7.6
 Name:           python-nbconvert%{psuffix}
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ This package provides the python interface.
 Summary:        Conversion of Jupyter Notebooks
 Requires:       jupyter-ipykernel
 Requires:       jupyter-jupyter-core
-Requires:       %python3dist(nbconvert) = %{shortversion}
+Requires:       python3dist(nbconvert) = %{shortversion}
 Conflicts:      python3-jupyter_nbconvert < 5.5.0
 
 %description -n jupyter-nbconvert