diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 7e0284e..edd64b2 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 # we strip binaries manually in %%build
 %define __strip %(which true)
 
+# brp-python-bytecompile uses /usr/bin/python,
+# but it is a different python version in different ROSA
+# releases; there is no good way to tell brp-python-bytecompile
+# which iterpreter to use; so just disable it to avoid problems
+%define _python_bytecompile_build 0
+
 %define kernelversion	5
 %define patchlevel	4
 # sublevel is used for stable-based kernels