diff --git a/python-astor.changes b/python-astor.changes
index 9a1aa4a..a4c7158 100644
--- a/python-astor.changes
+++ b/python-astor.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr  3 21:34:35 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- remove the shebang line from the rtrip.py otherwise the python3
+  package will require /usr/bin/python. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 25 15:11:49 UTC 2020 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/python-astor.spec b/python-astor.spec
index 6405354..a0e51ed 100644
--- a/python-astor.spec
+++ b/python-astor.spec
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ There are some other similar libraries, but astor focuses on the following areas
 %prep
 %setup -q -n astor-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
-# ugly fix for the use of /usr/bin/env
-sed -i 's@env @@' astor/rtrip.py
 
 %build
+# ugly fix for the use of /usr/bin/env
+sed -i 's@#!.*@@' astor/rtrip.py
+chmod a-x astor/rtrip.py
 %python_build
 
 %install