diff --git a/SPECS/python-dateutil.spec b/SPECS/python-dateutil.spec
index f5aef272..62ef5781 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-dateutil.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-dateutil.spec
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ iconv --from=ISO-8859-1 --to=UTF-8 NEWS > NEWS.new
 mv NEWS.new NEWS
 
 %build
-%py2_build
-%py3_build
+%{__python} setup.py build
+%{__python3} setup.py build
 #make -C docs html
 
 %install
-%py2_install
-%py3_install
+%{__python} setup.py install --optimize 2 --root %{buildroot}
+%{__python3} setup.py install --optimize 2 --root %{buildroot}
 
 %check
 %{__python2} setup.py test