diff --git a/python-pyzmq.spec b/python-pyzmq.spec
index c6eb66c..9b33d41 100644
--- a/python-pyzmq.spec
+++ b/python-pyzmq.spec
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-timeout}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module simplejson}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module tornado}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy if (%{python}-base without python36-base)}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy if (%python-base without python36-base)}
 # /SECTION
 # SECTION pypy3 is not in openSUSE at the moment, it would use the cffi backend
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi if (%{python} with pypy3)}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module py   if (%{python} with pypy3)}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi if (%python with pypy3)}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module py   if (%python with pypy3)}
 %if "%{python_flavor}" == "pypy3"
 Requires:       python-cffi
 Requires:       python-py