diff --git a/389-ds-base.spec b/389-ds-base.spec
index d9cb224..66d2159 100644
--- a/389-ds-base.spec
+++ b/389-ds-base.spec
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /sbin/chkconfig --add %{pkgname}
 /sbin/ldconfig
 /sbin/chkconfig --add %{pkgname}-snmp
--- load the selinux policy module
-variants = "%{selinux_variants}"
-for selinuxvariant in string.gfind(variants, "%a+") do
-  os.execute('semodule -s '..selinuxvariant..' -i %{_datadir}/selinux/'..selinuxvariant..'/%{pkgname}.pp > /dev/null 2>&1')
-end
--- label the files installed by this package
-os.execute('fixfiles -R %{name} restore > /dev/null 2>&1')
+# load the selinux policy module
+for selinuxvariant in %{selinux_variants}
+do
+  semodule -s $selinuxvariant -i %{_datadir}/selinux/$selinuxvariant/%{pkgname}.pp > /dev/null 2>&1
+done
+# label the files installed by this package
+fixfiles -R %{name} restore > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 %preun
 if [ $1 = 0 ]; then # Final removal