diff --git a/_config b/_config
index 1654eee..23ff34b 100644
--- a/_config
+++ b/_config
@@ -3718,6 +3718,9 @@ Prefer: java-1_8_0-openjdk-devel java-1_8_0-openjdk java-1_8_0-openjdk-headless
 Prefer: java-20-openjdk-devel java-20-openjdk java-20-openjdk-headless java-20-openjdk-javadoc
 Prefer: java-1_7_0-bootstrap-devel java-1_7_0-bootstrap java-1_7_0-bootstrap-headless
 
+# have choice for /usr/bin/python3 needed by dwarves: python311-base saltbundlepy-base
+Prefer: -saltbundlepy-base
+
 %ifarch x86_64 ppc64 s390x sparc64
 Substitute: glibc-devel-32bit glibc-devel-32bit glibc-32bit
 %else