diff --git a/python3.macros b/python3.macros
index c434554..14e467e 100644
--- a/python3.macros
+++ b/python3.macros
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 %__python3 /usr/bin/python3
 %python3_sitelib %(%{__python3} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
 %python3_sitearch %(%{__python3} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")
-%py3ver %(%{__python3} -V 2>&1 | cut -f2 -d" " | cut -f1,2 -d".")
 %python3_version %(%{__python3} -c "import sys; print(sys.version[0:3])")
 %py3_ver %(%{__python3} -c "import sys; v=sys.version_info[:2]; print('%%d.%%d'%%v)" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)
 %py3_prefix %(%{__python3} -c "import sys; print(sys.prefix)" 2>/dev/null || echo PYTHON-NOT-FOUND)