diff --git a/cloud-init.changes b/cloud-init.changes
index 72efd99..75764dd 100644
--- a/cloud-init.changes
+++ b/cloud-init.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 14 10:34:54 UTC 2024 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- remove dependency on /usr/bin/python3 via using the macros (bsc#1212476)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  3 19:53:46 UTC 2024 - Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cloud-init.spec b/cloud-init.spec
index 9a75a7c..c5d9e7e 100644
--- a/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/cloud-init.spec
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@ version_pys=$(find . -name version.py -type f)
 sed -i "s,@@PACKAGED_VERSION@@,%{version}-%{release}," $version_pys
 
 %build
-python3 setup.py build
+%python3_build
 
 %check
 make unittest
 make lint
 
 %install
-python3 setup.py install --root=%{buildroot} --prefix=%{_prefix} --install-lib=%{python3_sitelib} --init-system=%{initsys} --distro=suse
+%python3_install --init-system=%{initsys} --distro=suse
 find %{buildroot} \( -name .gitignore -o -name .placeholder \) -delete
 # from debian install script
 for x in "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}/"*.py; do