diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index e45e905..832e26a 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ python_ctypes_target=
 %__make DESTDIR="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" install install-swig-pl install-swig-py $python_ctypes_target $ruby_target $with_jdk
 %if %with_python_ctypes
 # remove csvn .pyc files and recompile them because they contain the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT path:
-find "%{buildroot}%{py_sitedir}/csvn/" -name "*.pyc" | xargs %__rm -f
-%__python "%{py_libdir}/compileall.py" -f -d "%{py_sitedir}/csvn" "%{buildroot}/%{py_sitedir}/csvn"
+find "%{buildroot}%{py_prefix}/lib/python%{py_ver}/site-packages/csvn/" -name "*.pyc" | xargs %__rm -f
+%__python "%{py_libdir}/compileall.py" -f -d "%{py_prefix}/lib/python%{py_ver}/site-packages/csvn" "%{buildroot}/%{py_prefix}/lib/python%{py_ver}/csvn"
 %endif # with_python_ctypes
 #
 # double check that the essential repository access schemes have been compiled in