diff --git a/python-pyparsing.spec b/python-pyparsing.spec
index b5ccf78..5f87200 100644
--- a/python-pyparsing.spec
+++ b/python-pyparsing.spec
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ cp -r pyparsing.egg-info %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/pyparsing-%{version}-py%
 %if %{with test}
 %{python_expand export PYTHONPATH=.:example
 # unittest from Python 2.7 doesn't load tests correctly
-%{$python} -munittest2 -v simple_unit_tests.py examples.test_bibparse examples.antlr_grammar_tests
-%{$python} unitTests.py
+$python -munittest2 -v simple_unit_tests.py examples.test_bibparse examples.antlr_grammar_tests
+$python unitTests.py
 }
 %endif